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	<description>Debt Reduction, Credit &amp; Personal Finance - Becoming Financially Free</description>
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		<title>What Are Your Kids Learning About Credit Card Debt?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know what your kids are learning about money and debt in school? If not, you might be surprised by some of the things they learn (and some of the things they don&#8217;t).
When I was in school, we had very little education about money management. We had one class in high school called Consumer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Simple Steps to Making Your “Get Out Of Debt” Resolution Stick - Part 5</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back to the final step in my 5-step process for making your New Year&#8217;s resolution to get out of debt successful. Hopefully you&#8217;ve been taking action on each step as you&#8217;ve been following along. If you haven&#8217;t, or you&#8217;re joining us in the middle of the series, I will include links to all the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Simple Steps to Making Your “Get Out Of Debt” Resolution Stick - Part 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back. It&#8217;s January 10 as I write this, almost half-way through the month already! I hope you&#8217;re sticking with your New Years resolutions, particularly if one of them was to get your debt paid off.
If you&#8217;ve been following along with the series so far, you&#8217;ll have a plan for paying off your debt. You&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Simple Steps To Making Your “Get Out Of Debt” Resolution Stick - Part 3</title>
		<link>http://www.debtsmackdown.com/5-simple-steps-to-making-your-get-out-of-debt-resolution-stick-part-3.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.debtsmackdown.com/?p=62</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back! Over the last couple of posts we&#8217;ve looked at why it&#8217;s important to have a plan for getting out of debt, and how to get started with it. If you haven&#8217;t read those posts yet, you should go read Part 1 and Part 2 first.
If you have read them, and taken action on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Simple Steps To Making Your “Get Out Of Debt” Resolution Stick - Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.debtsmackdown.com/?p=61</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you started putting your &#8220;get out of debt&#8221; plan together yet? It might be 6 days into January, but it&#8217;s not too late to make a New Years resolution to get your debt paid off.
In the first part of this series, we looked at why it&#8217;s important to have a plan for getting your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Simple Steps To Making Your “Get Out Of Debt” Resolution Stick - Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.debtsmackdown.com/5-simple-steps-to-making-your-get-out-of-debt-resolution-stick-part-1.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We are now officially two full days into 2009&#8230; How are you doing with your New Year&#8217;s resolutions? Hopefully you&#8217;ve managed to stick with them so far!
In today&#8217;s post, we&#8217;re going to look at the first step in my 5 step system to make your resolutions stick. This first part is called Being Realistic About [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Make Your New Years Resolution Stick If You Want To Get Out Of Debt</title>
		<link>http://www.debtsmackdown.com/how-to-make-your-get-out-of-debt-new-years-resolution-stick.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.debtsmackdown.com/how-to-make-your-get-out-of-debt-new-years-resolution-stick.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.debtsmackdown.com/?p=59</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re just a couple of days away from the New Year again. Hard to believe how quickly time goes by, isn&#8217;t it?
It&#8217;s the time of year when a lot of people start making resolutions to get their debt paid off, quit smoking, lose weight, and change all the other things that they see as being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pay Off Debt Or Invest Your Money?</title>
		<link>http://www.debtsmackdown.com/pay-off-debt-or-invest-your-money.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.debtsmackdown.com/pay-off-debt-or-invest-your-money.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.debtsmackdown.com/?p=58</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you come into some extra money suddenly, whether through a pay raise, an inheritance or some other method, does it make more sense to pay off debt or to invest that money?
At its core, this question comes down to a rather simple determination:
Can you earn more interest by investing it than you are paying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Win A Free Copy Of The Book “Credit Repair To Credit Millionaire”</title>
		<link>http://www.debtsmackdown.com/win-a-free-copy-of-the-book-credit-repair-to-credit-millionaire.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.debtsmackdown.com/win-a-free-copy-of-the-book-credit-repair-to-credit-millionaire.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Credit Score]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ryan Healy is doing a giveaway for the book &#8220;Credit Repair to Credit Millionaire&#8221; on his Debt Reduction Formula website. If you&#8217;re interested in entering to win it (it&#8217;s worth $37 plus shipping at Amazon) go and leave a comment with the reason why on the post called Maximizing Your Credit Score.
And even if you&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Your Debt Disappear If The Lender Goes Bankrupt?</title>
		<link>http://www.debtsmackdown.com/will-your-debt-disappear-if-the-lender-goes-bankrupt.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.debtsmackdown.com/will-your-debt-disappear-if-the-lender-goes-bankrupt.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.debtsmackdown.com/?p=56</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve lost count of how many times I&#8217;ve been asked this question over the last couple of months:
If the credit card company (or any other lender) goes bankrupt, does that mean my debt will get erased?
The short answer to that question is &#8230; No.
If a lender goes bankrupt and isn&#8217;t able to restructure or come [...]]]></description>
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