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Be Determined To Win Financially
“Effort only fully re- leases its rewards after a person refuses to quit.”
Napoleon Hill
mpowered greet-
ings. In the last col- umn, you received steps to creating a successful budget. Prayerfully you have put those steps into practice. Keep a positive attitude be- cause you can finish what you start if you’re deter- mined.
Remind yourself that you are on your way to winning financially. Writing the budget was half the battle. Now you must develop the fortitude to stick to it. Refuse to quit. The budget will only work if you work it. Don’t let other people or yourself through undisciplined spending cause you to abort your mission of getting your financial house in order.
In this column, I would like to encourage you to re- view the balance on your
budget sheet. If you had money left over after you ac- counted for all your expenses for the month, now is the time to determine how to best use these funds to ob- tain your financial goals.
I have provided you with a couple of top priority sug- gestions below.
Develop an emergency fund to cover unexpected oc- currences such as car, home or appliance repairs. A good amount to begin to target and save is $1,000 initially.
This money should be kept in an account, but yet accessible to you by check or a debit or bankcard. To help discipline you with channel- ing money to your emer- gency fund have a set amount direct deposited into a savings account on a regu- lar basis. The premise is if you don’t see it you won’t miss it.
Use the money left from budget to pay down debt owed on credit cards, car
loans and any other out- standing debt you may have. We will focus on how to ef- fectively began to eliminate debt in a future column.
Join me next column as we continue on the road to winning financially. Until then be empowered to achieve your financial free-
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Donald Trump And The Double Negative
turned the Trump administration into yet an- “other political conundrum . . . once again brought on by Donald Trump’s ham-fisted mishandling of the English language . . . this time, his tacit misunderstand- ing of “double negatives” and “apostrophes” (pro- nounced “uhpos-truh-fees”).
From “are” to “aren’t” and “will” to “won’t,” apos- trophes – found in every language on earth – are in- vented to save time, space and meaning. Rather than to say “I will not,” the speaker simply replies, “I won’t.” Instead of saying, “I would not,” the orator replies, “I wouldn’t.”
You get the idea.
So, when Trump said about Russia’s interference in American elections, “I don’t know why they would,” then blamed his misspeak on a double negative, calling the word “wouldn’t” a double negative, he was woefully mistaken.
In truth, the only way Trump’s trope could have been turned into a double-negative is if he had said, “I don’t see how no Russians would (have interfered),” meaning, “I do not, not see how any Russians would have interfered . . .” meaning, “I, of course, see how such a thing could happen, etc.” Awkward? Yes!
So, we add yet another double negative and apostro- phe to the mix: Given the Trump administration’s ten- thumbs when it comes to loyalty and language, “we don’t see how nobody would vote for Trump for a sec- ond term.”
ouldn’t,” “couldn’t,” and “shouldn’t” have
Exercising Your Right To Vote
oday, it is impor-
tant to revisit the need for citizens to exer- cise their right to vote. Your right to contribute to the decisions made in your city, county, state and the United States of America.
Exercise is defined as movement that en- hances or maintains fit- ness and overall health. We can connect exercis- ing your right to vote with being a means to enhance the fitness of our government and maintain the overall health of our commu- nity.
Each individual vote
is calculated into the sum of the votes for any candidate on a ballot. Each registered voter contributes to the well- being of our community by exercising their right to vote.
When you’re prepar- ing for the polls, con- sider candidates across the board and look at their plans, platforms, voting record, bills they have brought to the floor, and campaign funding. Analyze what bills the returning candi- dates have voted in favor of, or against along with what programs they have supported, such as
education, healthcare, elder services, youth programs, and other worthy causes.
What have the new candidates done for the community you live in and the programs and policies that impact your life? Who is going to rep- resent your interests?
Each voter has an op- portunity to impact the decisions made on who represents them in the City Council, County Commission, School Board, Judges, State Representatives, State Senators and in the U. S. Congress.
Be sure you are a reg- istered voter, then do everything possible to be well informed about each candidate and measure on the ballot as you prepare to exercise your right vote.
DR. SHANDALE TERRELL Lakeland, Florida
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