The Best Advice for Saving as Much as You Can

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The Best Advice for Saving as Much as You Can

That’s because understanding personal finance is an uphill battle for many Americans. We’re not taught about the practicalities of money in school, because the truth is many industries profit from our ignorance. While wages have hardly budged in decades, shareholders and CEOs have never been richer. The cost of living in many major cities is prohibitive to just about anyone but the super privileged, or those willing to take on a lot of debt or make enormous sacrifices. While the stock market soars, just 52% of U.S. adults actually owned stock in 2016, according to Gallup, and the wealthiest 1% of households owned 38% of all stock shares in 2013. The government is actively working against consumers to make it easier for financial institutions to prey on its citizens, and a single medical bill can send a person into debt for the rest of their lives.

Today started out super nice

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Today started out super nice. Subsequently, it got more cloudy but we’ve had times of sun and it’s warm enough that I have the heat turned down, and I’m more then comfortable with a t-shirt on. I’ve been thinking about going to the library to work, but I think I’ll just stay home for now.

KunstlerCast 341

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KunstlerCast 341

2/23/21

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Derrick Jensen is an author, teacher, activist, and small farmer. He is the author of more than twenty-five books, including A Language Older Than Words, The Culture of Make Believe, and Endgame. He was named “the Poet Philosopher of the Ecological Movement” by Democracy Now! and one of Utne Reader’s “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World.” He is the co-author of the new book Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It. He lives in Northern California The KunstlerCast theme music is the beautiful Two Rivers Waltz written and performed by Larry Unger.

Town of Colonie puts 1,000-acre Stony Creek Reservoir in Clifton Park on the market – Albany Business Review

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Town of Colonie puts 1,000-acre Stony Creek Reservoir in Clifton Park on the market – Albany Business Review

The town of Colonie wants to sell nearly 1,000 acres of land with dense forest and a reservoir it no longer needs as a backup water supply.

The Stony Creek Reservoir is to the north, in the town of Clifton Park, about two miles west of Northway Exit 8.

The minimum price: $5.1 million.

Colonie is seeking proposals from interested buyers and won't consider breaking it up into smaller parcels. The request for proposals is available online.

The sale is intended to improve town finances.

The reservoir is off limits to the public and protected by state health department regulations. But, the state would support a request to rescind the regulations to help sell the property, according to the town's RFP.