There\u2019s an old saying, \u201cmoney is the root of all evil.\u201d\u00a0 On this website, money is the root of all local.\u00a0 That\u2019s because unfortunately money drives so much of our lives in so many ways—from paying the mortgage so we can keep a roof over our head, to paying for a child\u2019s college education.\u00a0 Bank account fees, car loans, credit cards, credit scores and the like can make our lives miserable and are often a hassle.\u00a0 Going local makes managing your money quite a bit easier, and a lot safer.\u00a0 Here are several ways you can put the money you earn to work better for you, your family and your community.<\/p>\n
Local Banking<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Buying Local<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Local Investing<\/a> Take the First Step<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Remember: Local Money doesn\u2019t hate taxes.<\/strong>\u00a0 Americans are spoiled.\u00a0 We think we live in such an abundant land that the public services we expect shouldn\u2019t really cost so much. \u00a0We blame unions and workers in government for their overly \u201cgenerous\u201d benefits.\u00a0 But taxes are really about fairness.\u00a0 Is the system equitable?\u00a0 Does it work for the common good?\u00a0 Of course there are abuses in public spending.\u00a0 Which makes it all the more important to get involved locally and know where your tax dollars are being spent.<\/p>\n The vast majority of people have no clue as to what their tax dollars deliver in benefits or services. Visit your town’s web site and see if you can find out where your tax dollars are going.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Local Money There\u2019s an old saying, \u201cmoney is the root of all evil.\u201d\u00a0 On this website, money is the root of all local.\u00a0 That\u2019s because unfortunately money drives so much of our lives in so many ways—from paying the mortgage so we can keep a roof over our head, to paying for a child\u2019s college… more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liveyourlifelocal.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liveyourlifelocal.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liveyourlifelocal.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liveyourlifelocal.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liveyourlifelocal.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.liveyourlifelocal.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.liveyourlifelocal.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liveyourlifelocal.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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