Stop spending money we don't have (both personally and as a nation).

Your fairly new to the forums, spend a lot of time studying, there are several good recent threads on how to determine a good deal.

You can't just run over there and spend an hour and $15 to deal with some minor problem.

That causes people to spend less, and it causes some people to lose their homes.

I'd spend my time networking with money providers referred by people who aren't going to get a cut by sending you to some marketing website.

btw, 2K is what some people spend in cigarettes in 6 months... yuck!

WASHINGTON – Wells Fargo & Co . abruptly reconsidered a pricey Las Vegas casino junket Tuesday after a torrent of criticism that it was misusing $25 billion in taxpayer bailout money.

Tie this little dodge into the history of intelligent and brutal business sense & it just heightens the respect for these sharp dudes.They both get to watch their "competitors" take it on the chin PERSONALLY now, while JPM & GS execs spend their "private" bonuses on the French Riviera all by themselves.http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?

Not just for country (after all, we ARE the business people), but there are side benefits to making $1 BILLION.

Spend a few weeks/months reading all of the information on this site and you'll be on your way.