Thank you to all the brave men and women of the Armed Services who made the greatest sacrifice so that we may enjoy the freedoms and liberties that come with being a citizen of the greatest country in the world. We owe you a debt of extreme gratitude as you are the ones who protect our our most unalienable Rights: Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Thank You.

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Blueprint for Financial Prosperity is one of many personal finance blogs that now appears on Alltop.com’s Personal Finance channel. Alltop is a creation by Guy Kawasaki, internet maven and author of one of the few books I’ve read from start to finish The Art of the Start (though when I read it the cover was a picture of him next to a motorcycle), and seeks to be “a ‘digital magazine rack’ of the Internet.” The intent of Alltop is to be an elegant aggregation of topics and be the “start” of your journey on the web and I’m glad that this site was chosen to be included in the Personal finance channel, along with many other popular personal finance blogs.

There are several other channels that might be up your alley including Career and Lifehacks.

Check it out!

The Devil’s Advocate series began in early 2007 when I thought it would be fun to take the opposite side of common personal finance advice. I would play Devil’s Advocate for what society considers “bad financial behavior.” Why you shouldn’t take your employer’s 401k match, why you shouldn’t have an emergency fund, or why you shouldn’t save for retirement. They won’t be humorous or sarcastic, they’ll be legitimate posts where I argue the other side, the side that never gets much exposure in the personal finance blogosphere (or mainstream media).

Why play the Devil’s Advocate?
When everyone recommends one thing (and we all recommend things like ‘get that 401(k) company match’), it’s too easy to just do it without considering the other side. With a lot of personal finance issues, the other side really doesn’t have much weight (at least not enough to make the decision at least marginally difficult) and so you don’t hear about it. These Devil’s Advocate posts will fill that void.

To see all the Devil’s Advocate posts I’ve written so far, click here.