Stormy afternoon in Central North Carolina
May 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Government in debt teaching financial literacy in schools does not change behavior
May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
It is difficult to think of schools teaching financial literacy basics without a chuckle because most of the systems running these institutions cannot even manage taxpayer money. The behavior is the key to change, and schools are not masters of positive changes of behavior in a radical way such as personal finance and financial literacy. What schools can do is provide teaching with interactive activities from elementary until graduation. This should be an outsourced venture with measurements of success that is based individually not universal measurement of a group. The adult in the real world has to make changes by changing behaviors without any training or interaction in the personal finance and business world to break bad financial habits. Our government is not the example to follow into bringing fiscal responsibility or prosperity to an individual's life. The change of behavior is the will to empower one's self to change. The following is an excerpt from … [Read more...]
Fight for your dreams and destiny even during the challenge of a medical illness
May 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
I grew up in Goldsboro, NC, and you had to make something out of nothing. The biggest event was the New Kids on the Block appearing at the local mall when I was in high school. Goldsboro is located in Wayne County, and Wayne County is instilled in my background. I am a fighter, and I had to fight to survive. I have employees who are depending on me today to come through. The Wayne County fight is becoming the dominant factor over the cancer that is eating at my life. My personal finance site will help millions of people. I will make it work. I will not let cancer defeat me... My employees should know that we are moving forward, and we will overcome this bump in the road. Takecontrolofmoney will be a household name in one year. Related articles Wayne County Brothers Charged With Manufacturing Meth (witn.com) Authorities Name Suspect In Goldsboro Murder (witn.com) Missing Fisherman in Wayne County (wnep.com) Of sound mind and memory. … [Read more...]
Simply Frigid Sunday: Saturday snow comes after a warm Friday
February 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The little hobbies of life are the avenues to capture our interest the most. Weather is a personal favorite. My family resides in North Carolina, and DC has a difficult time being on the Potomac to have accumulating snow except for the 2009-2010 season. North Carolina has even more issues being in the mid-south. The snow had to overcome a spring like Friday and temperatures in the 40's up to the time the snow began in earnest less than an hour after rain moved into the area. North Carolina residences were excited to see the heavy snowfall but most of the accumulations was lost to the warm soil temps. The snow was heavier east of Raleigh where my family resides. The snow was moderate to heavy in the early afternoon on Saturday. The ground finally turns white and the snowfall accumulations in the local area was around 2.0" of a thick wet heavy snow and roads were beginning to become covered in slush. Then the snowfall intensity was greatly reduced as light snow fell from 4 pm … [Read more...]
The Children of the Future: Bypass the next financial crisis creating one saver at a time
September 9, 2012 By 1 Comment
The Generation X crowd is now parents, and most Gen Xer's are teaching the same lessons as learned as a teenagers. The Generation X crowd (especially yours truly) is now 40 years of age. The world has changed in the last twenty years as the economic times were good, the stock market was on the rise, and the fall of communism made the United States as the unrivaled+ power in the world. The traditional world order was shedding its mantle, and that included the way our parents become integrated into the financial services world. This Gen Xer did openly buy into the debtor society. My family was very generous with gifts of a college education, a new car, cruise, and a lifestyle beyond belief. However, the first $500 credit card during my first year at North Carolina State University was like free cash. I was given all the gifts of a material lifestyle, but my education system gave me zero preparation of the financial world of credit, savings, and life as adult. When I was … [Read more...]
Zeek Rewards $600 million dollar ponzi scheme may leave customers short on assistance from primary bank.
September 9, 2012 By 1 Comment
August 17th was the news story date about Zeek Rewards or Rex Ventures based in Lexington, NC being busted by the Securities and Exchange Commission for being a $600 million Ponzi scheme. For more information about the dynamics of Zeek Rewards, the following link to CNN can provide additional insight into the dynamics of the scheme. In this article, the topic is the banking customers who are looking to their traditional banking entity to assist in recovering some of the funds recently deposited into this Ponzi scheme, I have a copy of a couple of bank's internal policies surrounding their treatment of all customer's attempting to recoup funds from Zeek Rewards, and the documents state that the process will not be an easy experience for the consumer. Recourse to recoup money is like entrance into heaven, a camel's hair through the head of a needle. The documents are harsh on the recourse of the customer to remove the bank from the forefront of this fight. One bank … [Read more...]
Illegal debt practices as companies pose as law enforcement
August 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
; The act of impersonation a member of law enforcement official is against the law. The law enforcement community in many jurisdictions do not take kindly to impersonators, and will take action to stop this menace to society. That is any other individual in the United States except debt collectors. The law enforcement community has a unique relationship in the legal process to report such a violation. My mother was a recipient of a call from an fake official of law enforcement, and the fake story was even more impressive as this individual claims to be investigating a check incident by a lady named Cherry. Being present during the voicemail message. I decided to investigate, and the results of investigation are mind boggling for a lack of better terminology. The voicemail message is enclosed at the conclusion of this paragraph. Illegal Debt Collector Call After some investigating, the origination of the phone was from Mississippi, and additional … [Read more...]
Newt Gingrich will stay in the Republican presidential race
April 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Results for U.S. Republican Presidential Primaries State Gingrich Paul Romney Santorum reporting 04/24 CT 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 04/24 DE 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 04/24 NY 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 04/24 PA 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 04/24 RI 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% Source: AP The Republican presidential race will not see many changes after the primary races in Connecticut, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island. Sources close to Gingrich are saying that he will stay in the race after today's primaries, and the candidate has no imminent plans on withdrawing from the race....The source states that any present or future speculation of Mr. Gingrich withdrawing from the Republican presidential race is unfounded. Mr. Gingrich is not in the primary race with … [Read more...]
After Manufacturing- North Carolina is the top ranked state in manufacturing job losses
April 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Related articles Eastern North Carolina is ground zero in state's economic crisis(article 2) (donny-wise.com) NC Legislatures: Voters clash over Amendment One, NC economic news gets worse (donny-wise.com) Top Ten Highlights of Cleantech in South Carolina (cleantechies.com) Baxter to announce manufacturing plant, create 1,000+ jobs (bizjournals.com) … [Read more...]
