And when I say it’s good for you, I do mean financially.  Go ahead, take your wife to that movie she’s been wanting to see.  Stop at Starbucks afterwards and enjoy a $6 coffee.  Heck, even spring for that $5 brownie that looks so delicious.  The point is, you need to splurge a little bit [...]

Banks aren’t lending; people aren’t spending.  That’s what’s wrong with the economy today ( at least, on a very, very basic level. )  So, what to do?  Well unless you’re a bank, the answer would seem to be “spend, spend spend!” And indeed, if we all get together and spend like crazy, our country’s economic [...]