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  • 6 Ways to Raise Money-Smart Kids

    By Kentin Waits, Money Talks News

    In a world filled with financial pitfalls, working to create positive and empowering associations with money early can help set children up for a lifetime of better choices, less stress, and more...

  • Three Budget Games at the $3.6 Trillion Table

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    Federal spending should exceed $3.6 trillion next year—and Democrats and Repu blicans are ready for a budget fight that will likely go down to the penny. Congress is returning after having voted last...

  • Debt ceiling

    5 Facts You Should Know about the National Debt

    By Drew DeSilver, Pew Research Center

    With the Republican-led House engaged in a stare-down with Senate Democrats and President Obama over raising the federal debt limit , it seems an opportune time to dig into the actual numbers...

  • The Senate Tries to Break the Shutdown Stalemate

    With House Republicans seemingly spinning their wheels on ideas for ending the government shutdown and avoiding a first-ever default, Senate Democrats and a few Republicans declared on Tuesday that...

  • Debt-Ceiling Danger Zone Threatens U.S.

    Take a deep breath: The latest doomsday scenarios for what might happen if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling later this fall are now out. Sometime between Oct.18 and Nov. 15, the Treasury will...