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The Unity We Don’t Know We Have

April 8, 2019 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

It’s election time in Alberta.  Yay?  You are forgiven for thinking election time is perpetual these days, what with the non-stop campaigning that goes on.  There’s seemingly no end to the pep rallies, town halls, leadership contests, policy announcements, billboards, radio spots, and television commercials.  And don’t get me started on the social media memes.  […]

Filed Under: Deep Schmidt, Money Schmidt Tagged With: Alberta, Canada, debt, election, government, greed, money

The Craziness of Automobile Financing

May 31, 2018 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

Hard to believe, but it’s been ten years since the great financial crisis.  Sorry, The Great Financial Crisis!  You know.  The one where excessive consumer debt, particularly in the form of subprime mortgages that were repackaged as investment grade debt instruments and peddled to the very same public, led to the near-catastrophic failure of the […]

Filed Under: Money Schmidt Tagged With: automobile, car, crisis, debt, financing, trailer

Slow Mo Reno – Contracting a Sticker Shock

November 9, 2017 by acrockofschmidt 4 Comments

There are two groups of people in Calgary; those that work in the oil industry and those that renovate their homes.  Sure, there are thousands of others who work in service industries and the civil service, but in two years’ time when the NDP is obliterated in the provincial election and the “new” conservatives dial […]

Filed Under: House Schmidt Tagged With: Calgary, contractor, cost, debt, house, money, real estate, renovations

I Suck At Spending Money

December 27, 2016 by acrockofschmidt 2 Comments

I have a problem.  Oh hush, you!  I’m well aware my problems number in the plural, but today I wish to speak of a specific problem that renders me a disappointment in the eyes of my fellow citizens.  In fact, the greater Western society might even label me a traitor.  The overlords of our governmental […]

Filed Under: Money Schmidt Tagged With: costs, debt, money, vacation

Shedding A Tear For The Rich

March 21, 2016 by acrockofschmidt 1 Comment

I am about to do something generally frowned upon in our status obsessed society.  Something only welcome at the most exclusive Hamptons endangered animal dinner parties, Manhattan booze and call girl infused office meetings, or Beverly Hills luxury car and private jet transported anti-pipeline fundraisers.  I’m going to shed a tear for the rich.  Rather […]

Filed Under: Money Schmidt Tagged With: 1 percent, debt, rich, taxes, wealthy

My Bank Won’t Take Their Money Back

May 26, 2015 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

Psst.  Come here.  Ya, over here.  I wanna talk to you about something.  Just keep it down, alright?  It’s a little sensitive so I don’t want others to hear this.  It just … well, it can make people uncomfortable, ya know?  Hell, I’m uncomfortable talking about it.  But I gotta tell somebody.  I have no […]

Filed Under: Money Schmidt Tagged With: banks, corruption, debt, fees, money, mortgage

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