As we have previously discussed in this series, your knife is crucial for living well in the woods, for the simple fact that without one, you would have a difficult time starting a fire or making shelter.  Fire and shelter are absolutely crucial in order to maintain your body’s core temperature at the happy 98.6-degree mark.  If you can make a fire and have a proper shelter, then not even the coldest nights will get you down.  However, that does require some gear in order for you to accomplish this without having a Zippo lighter
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With all of the news coverage about the fiscal cliff, it can be difficult to tell fact from fiction concerning our financial future. Here’s what you need to know. The Status Quo Unfortunately, our representatives have put us in a tight position: the Budget Control Act includes massive spending cuts due to start at the beginning of 2013, simply because our congressmen and women couldn’t reach a deal to reduce spending. While spending reductions are the direction our country needs to be headed in, this program includes a $55 billion decrease in the military budget.
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One of this year’s major debate points between Democrats and Republicans is the question of who will be a better economic steward for America’s future. Both sides point to their past records as evidence of their fiscal responsibility – but those records can be skewed to suit any party’s agenda. The biggest manipulation point in the 2012 campaign has to do with the so-called “Clinton surplus.” Former President Bill Clinton is on the campaign trail stumping for President Obama, using his own $236 billion budget surplus as evidence that a Democratic president is a better
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Even with a great budget, chances are you’re still overspending. Why? Like millions of other consumers, you’re having a hard time separating real needs and deep desires from your passing wants and impulses. Marketing culture makes big bucks in this confusion – and it’s a part of why even when you’re trying to cut back, you just can stop overspending. But there is a way to stop overspending for good, if you have the discipline to put it in place. The secret is known as “The-30 Day List”. It’s a simple piece of paper that
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WASHINGTON DC – The White House and Democrat leaders blasted Representative Paul Ryan’s (R) latest budget plan as unrealistic. Jay Carney, White House Press Secretary, went so far as to say that anyone who supports it must be “deliberately ignorant” and have “severely diminished capacity.” Escalation of liberal rhetoric concerning Ryan’s budget proposal included numerous Democrats and people in the media using terms like “extreme,” and “damaging” to describe it. A statement from House Democrats called it “a vicious plot to destroy our nation’s promise.” But with Democrats rushing to best one another with budget
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Many of you might be quite concerned about protecting the property that matters most to you: your home.  Your home is where you keep your possessions, it is where your family sleeps, and it should always been seen as a safe place to go.  Of course, if you live in an area with a high crime rate or you are simply worried about future events, then you will want to do your best to protect your home. Now, mainstream thought will say that you should just buy yourself a security system.  However, if you are
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If you have a kid (or more than one) who loves math and can’t wait for the lessons to begin, count yourself lucky. Many children dread the task of learning math, most likely because it is difficult. Math skills can be very frustrating for many kids to master. Times tables, long division, geometry, and algebra are all tough subjects to learn. The best medicine is to start with math early and to try to instill some meaning and fun into it. As a homeschooling parent, you may also struggle alongside your kids when it comes
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WASHINGTON, DC – President Obama will unveil his latest budget proposal Monday during an appearance at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale. The budget request he is sending to Congress is long on election cycle promises with what may prove to be long-term negative results for an already struggling economy. With $350 billion in short-term stimulus spending, the plan that is tailor-made for his re-election campaign with no chance of passing Congress. The Whitehouse plan forecasts a higher than expected deficit of $1.33 trillion for the current fiscal year and asks for $1.5 trillion in
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Private savings for retirement represent one of the largest private asset pools in the United States.  This includes personal savings accounts, IRAs, pensions, and 401(k) plans.  The 401(k) holdings of Americans stood at $3.1 trillion at the end of 2010, according to the Investment Company Institute.  As Uncle Sam looks for new ways to fill
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The American economy is in such a woeful state that even the most willfully optimistic organizations world-wide are having a hard time denying the truth. A classic case in point is the rating agencies. They maintained that junk mortgage securities were AAA or at the very least BBB well into the housing implosion. Thus, it
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