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Smart Start Money provides information on making smart money decisions. Providing tips, personal experiences, and opinions on saving smart and spending smart. Times have changed since getting a job and keeping the same place of employment for a lifetime. The average time spent with one employer is now three to five years. Companies are replacing workers with lean staff that previously held more people to accomplish the same tasks. This has resulted in periods of unemployment for many people making it challenging to save for retirement and stay debt-free. The rising costs of healthcare, consumer goods, and wages that often do not seem to keep pace with the cost of daily life make it more important than ever to make smart financial decisions. Millions of people struggle each day to get ahead. The intention of Smart Start Money is to not only provide insight into saving or spending but also open conversations. Discussions relating to the economy, employment, and even the occasional forbidden topic of politics are possible. If the subject matter has a correlation to helping people with their finances or questioning the so-called experts, it is open for dialogue. It has never been more important than ever to save and stay out of debt. No one has all the answers when it comes to personal finance. People come from all different backgrounds in life. The choices we make and the opportunities available are never identical. We can all learn from each other.
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Thursday Aug 26, 2021
Should Future College Students Need to Take Student Loans Because You Had To?
Thursday Aug 26, 2021
Thursday Aug 26, 2021
The answer is absolutely not. The reason for this is because higher education costs today are higher then they ever have been. Tuition rates tend to increase at about twice the rate of inflation. The average increase is around 8% per year. This means the cost of college is doubling about every nine years. A more expensive college education for each generation that outpaces inflation at about twice the rate has resulted in more student loan debt for each generation. Thus, this is why the student loan debt in America is now around $1.6 trillion.
College students today should look for every way they can to minimize student loan debt.
This podcast episode talks about the student loan debt issues in America and why the goal of today's college students should not be an education at all costs.
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Thursday Aug 19, 2021
Why Are Businesses Having a Hard Time Filling Open Job Positions?
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
It is easy to see with many businesses right now that they are having a difficult time finding people to work. Just take a walk around your town and you will see all the hiring signs in the windows. Although part of the blame for companies having a challenging time finding workers can be the favorable federal government unemployment benefits in addition to state benefits, I believe there is really something much deeper occurring with the high number of jobs available.
This podcast episode talks about why there are so many open job positions in the market that are not being filled right now.
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