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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://evpl.org/community/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Research Blog : U. S. Government, budgeting</title><link>http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/tags/U.+S.+Government/budgeting/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: U. S. Government, budgeting</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)</generator><item><title>Sound financial advice…</title><link>http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/2009/07/07/sound-financial-advice.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:49:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">9a7b961d-7882-4302-b701-732ca0e566f2:1649</guid><dc:creator>SuDocQueen@evpl</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1649</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/2009/07/07/sound-financial-advice.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;font-family:Calibri;"&gt;There&amp;rsquo;s a lot that goes into understanding money management, from learning how to budget, to how to save and invest wisely.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;You have to look in a lot of different places for good advice on these subjects which takes a lot of time.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;So, the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mymoney.gov/agency.shtml" title="U.S.
Financial Literacy and Education Commission"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#000066;font-family:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none;"&gt;U.S. Financial Literacy and Education Commission&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;font-family:Calibri;"&gt; decided to lend a helping hand and shorten the search for information.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;They&amp;rsquo;ve created &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mymoney.gov/default.shtml"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;color:#800080;font-family:Calibri;"&gt;http://www.mymoney.gov/default.shtml&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;font-family:Calibri;"&gt;. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;The website pulls together good, solid advice on all aspects of budgeting and financial planning throughout life. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;It includes calculators, advice on avoiding scams, how to deal financially with life changing events, taxes, and even information on starting a small business.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&amp;#39;Calibri&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;"&gt;There&amp;rsquo;s an immense amount of information right at your fingertips from the site, but if it&amp;rsquo;s all just a little overwhelming to you, and you&amp;rsquo;d prefer to sit down with some good old-fashioned paper in your hand, you can do that too.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;You can order their &lt;a href="http://mymoney.gov/order.shtml"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#800080;"&gt;free &amp;ldquo;My Money&amp;rdquo; Tool Kit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; from the website, or over the telephone.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Just call &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:black;font-family:&amp;#39;Arial&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;"&gt;1 (888) Mymoney. That&amp;#39;s 1 (888) 696 &amp;ndash; 6639, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. eastern time (except Federal holidays).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&amp;#39;Calibri&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;sans-serif&amp;#39;;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The tool kit won&amp;rsquo;t give you quite the depth and breadth of information that the website will, but it will offer a good start for those seeking basic financial advice. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://evpl.org/community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1649" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/tags/internet/default.aspx">internet</category><category domain="http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/tags/money/default.aspx">money</category><category domain="http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/tags/budgeting/default.aspx">budgeting</category><category domain="http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/tags/finances/default.aspx">finances</category><category domain="http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/tags/U.+S.+Government/default.aspx">U. S. Government</category></item></channel></rss>