I can't say that it has had any direct effect on me or my finances, other than via the stock market correction a few months ago, but that was long overdue anyway and the Dow has already recovered and hit a record high yesterday.
It did affect my mother when she sold her house earlier this year. She put it on the market in June 2006 and it took until March 2007 to sell, with the price reduced several times along the way. It ended up selling for about $40,000 less than it would have brought a year or so earlier.
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Steve
* Despite the high cost of living, it remains very popular.
* Why should I pay for my daughter's education when she already knows everything?
* There are no shortcuts to anywhere worth going.
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