The world of health care as we knew it no longer exists.  It hasn’t existed for several years and the recently passed “health care reform” law, known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPCA), sounded its death knells. It used to be that I can pay a minimal monthly...

The new Health Care Reform law will bring a lot of changes, and potentially a lot of added costs, to certain businesses if it is implemented as currently legislated.  These costs won’t be evenly shared, either. For unlike small and medium sized businesses, most large corporations and...

With 9.6% unemployment, the job market seems to be an unending black hole but there are many bright pockets.  Even the Federal Reserve has admitted that government policies will not fix the unemployment situation.   I thought I would share my opinion about where the job opportunities...

Ready for how the new 1099 rule from the Health Care Reform Law will impact your blog, aside from the extra paperwork costs and the tax ID risks? For those who do not know what the 1099 requirements are, here is a previous discussion.   Remember that the people who will write the rules for...

Life is so complicated at times that adding finance and savings into the mix can be overwhelming.  I strive to continually simplify my life so that I can do things that I enjoy.  Even though I work in finance, budgeting is not something I enjoy doing or living with.  To deal with that mind...