Why do you think the government requires that taxes be withheld? Because they know if you had to write a check for the whole amount each year you would vote every incumbent out of office until taxes were lowered by a lot! By never giving you the money in the first place, it really seems as though you aren’t spending it.

Here’s a smattering of links that caught my eye over the past week from the various members of the MoneyBlogNetwork…
Flexo of ConsumerismCommentary wrote about the cost of raising a kid from birth to age seventeen. He also talked a bit abou…

But I totally agree about casino chips. They have even taken it to the slot machines. Have you seen the “vouchers” that you get instead of a bucket of nickels? Yes, it’s cleaner, and easier to carry. But, which are you more likely to put back in to a machine, thirty bucks worth of nickels that you are lugging around, or a piece of paper with the number “$30.15″ on it?

If it’s me, the nickels are going straight to the cashier’s cage.