Sooner or later it had to happen. Now, even the old faithful handheld calculator can be infected with a virus. eWeek.com has an article about the TIOS.Tiagra virus which attacks Texas Instruments TI89 calculators.
Fortunately, it doesn’t look like a very destructive virus. And it can only be passed between two calculators when [...]
For home buyers concerned about the temptation to buy more house than they can easily afford, the Mortgage Qualifier in Real Estate Calculator Suite can help a home buyer determine what an acceptable monthly payment for a fixed rate mortgage may be based upon their income and current debt load.
This can’t be good.
According to the USA TODAY article, “Rules ‘hiding’ trillions in debt: Liability $516,348 per U.S. household“, had the federal government used corporate-style accounting, the national deficit last year would have been reported as $1.3 trillion … NOT the official $248 billion which was reported.
Somewhere along the way we crossed point of no [...]
Dollars & Sense web site has a thought-provoking article written by Howard Karger titled, “The Homeownership Myth:
A contrarian asks whether homeownership really benefits low-income families.”
Howard Karger is professor of social work at the University of Houston and the author of Shortchanged: Life and Debt in the Fringe Economy. “The Homeownership Myth” is a clear [...]
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