Monthly Archives: April 2013

The American people aren’t the only ones feeling the crunch of Sequestration. The government is feeling the crunch, too. Take the IRS, for instance. The IRS is close to completely hamstrung as far as revenue collection, and because of it, you may have a huge safety net to avoid tax troubles this coming year. Thanks to the Sequester, private, middleclass citizens probably won’t get audited. The reason why is that the Sequester cuts $600 million from the IRS budget, forcing … Continue reading →

Sometimes, things come up in life that don’t make any sense. Luckily, you can get a fast military loan to cover unforeseen and sudden odd occurrences that you may or may not have to rush back home to deal with. The approval is instant, and since all you need to be to qualify is active duty, the application can be taken care of right online. The money arrives quickly, and so it’s a great solution to strange problems. Strange problems … Continue reading →

At some point in your life, you’re going to have to borrow money. It helps to have an overview of your options. Read on: There are different kinds of financing. On the one hand, you have your traditional financial institutions. Banks. For profit, these institutions are there to bring in money for their shareholders. That is the reason they exist. Nothing more, nothing less. They are purely profit driven. On the other hand, you have your credit unions. Credit unions … Continue reading →

Although the US Government in effect outlawed the prohibition of alcohol with the passage of the 21st Amendment in 1933, the United States military apparently was never informed of this. While never known to shy away from conduct control, the military has had a long history of looking the other way when it came to the culture of alcohol within the lower ranks. The military is no longer looking the other way. Banning dorm alcohol consumption is the latest campaign … Continue reading →

OK, now… as much as we love the military, and as proud as you are to be in uniform, we sometimes just have to face facts. The military does host a few unseemly characters. C’mon, no one’s listening. You can say it. “Some of these people are MORONS!” There, now. Feel better? Not everyone has their head screwed on the way you do. If they did, they’d be reading this article, too. But they’re not. You know this. Because when … Continue reading →

The 2014 budget plan under President Barak Obama is expected to include ideas on how to combat increases in identity theft. According to White House officials, the attention is being directed at those cases occurring through tax returns.   The budget, which at press was scheduled for an April 10th, 2013 unveiling, establishes penalties in the neighborhood of $5,000 specifically for this kind of identity theft. The budget, in effect a law, will address this issue by: Curtailing the availability … Continue reading →

This week, a market report from Institute for Supply Management showed that service companies grew at a slower rate in March, and small business owners cut back their hiring. This suggests a general growing caution after the Sequester was implemented, however the same report did also show a drop in new business in these sectors. The companies in this report make up 90% of the US workforce, with retail, construction, healthcare, and financial services all represented. Because this is such … Continue reading →

For those who opened new credit card accounts in January of this year (2013), the interest rates offered were at a comparative standstill, according to CreditCards.com. The average APR on new accounts remained at 14.96%, carrying over a two month trend from Q4 2012.   2012 was the most stable year on record for credit cards, with average rates on new credit card offers unchanged for 36 weeks. By comparison, the second most stable year ever — 2011 – saw … Continue reading →