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Does This Debt Make Me Look Guilty?
Debt is the little black dress in everybody's wardrobe. You may not want it, it doesn't really excite you, but you're encouraged to have one because you never know when…
Could Marijuana Legalization Balance the Budget?
The following article represents the views of the author and is not representative of Queercents, the site owner or its other writers. Did you hear the story on NPR last…
Is the economy having a different effect on queers?
Last month, Crack Magazine in the UK, included a column by Gareth Longstaff explaining why frugality in the current financial meltdown is a very straight and family bound thing and…
Orange County is not as well-off as you think
As we entered our local grocery store last weekend, volunteers handed us a flier for a food drive to help children and families in Orange County. In September, 780 families…
Can We Hire The Norwegian Government To Run The United States?
Why?? Because they've gotten it right. Despite the collapse of the world's economy they haven't been hurt very much at all. Despite being a high tax country they live within…
The Real Costs of the HIV Ban
This is Part 2 of a series on immigration. It looks at the real costs of the HIV ban, in place since 1987, and provides a brief look at the…
Four ways coffee can improve your career
My best friend from the place where I grew up was recently downsized after being in pharmaceuticals for over fifteen years. She'd like to do something green-related and is considering…
Obama Unveils New Budget
This won't come as a shock to any of our financially-savvy readers, but today President Obama announced that there will be cuts in the budget in order to respond to…
Uniting American Families Act: Facts, Fiction, Money and Emotions
*Added May 27, 2009: The comments section of this post was shut down due to the hostile nature of the posts. This piece will be returning to Queercents and has…
What Will Be the Economic Impact of the Swine Flu?
Swine flu. The media has a collective shiver running down its spine because of the porky pandemic. But I'm tellin ya'll . . . it's a massive cover up for…