Pluto is an oddball among planets. It has been kicked out of and invited back into the “Planetary Club†several times. I don’t even know if Pluto is even considered a planet right now. I do know that whether Pluto is a planet or not has been a debate among scientists and astronomers ever since …
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PF#60: Credit Card Debt
Credit card debt is one of the largest forms of debt in America today. Almost everyone has a credit card today, with some people even having multiple credit cards that have debt piled up on them. This can snowball, and, combined with other debts, can cause quite a lot of problems. The way a credit …
PF#30: My Income
I made no money this week, so I will only be talking about my income for the past year (granted, this is not exact by any means). I don’t have a regular source of income, so I will talk about all the small sources of money I have had since September of last year. Since …
PF#80: What Kind of Business is Plaer Printing?
Plaer printing will be one of two types of businesses. It will either be a sole proprietorship or it will be a partnership, most likely the first. I can upgrade to an LLC in the future if my business prospers enough to warrant it. Right now, Plaer Printing is a very small business that I …
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PF#70: Elisha Otis
Elisha Otis invented the safety elevator. I learned about him in 5th grade history class from the Ron Paul Curriculum; however, the elevator was not his only invention. In this essay, I am going to talk about Elisha Otis and his journey to his invention of the elevator. Elisha Otis was born in Vermont in …
PF#90: Taxes
Today I’m going to talk a little bit about taxes. I’m going to talk about which method of preparing taxes I would chose, and why. I’m also going to talk about tax refund advances. I’m very new to this topic, and I’m sure I don’t understand everything fully, but I’m going to try my best. …
PF#75: Business Plan
I propose a business. It will be an Etsy store where I sell my 3D printed creations. I am only going to start with one product, but will probably expand in the future. I will have some basic marketing, and also some basic operational and organizational principles, but these will not be very complex as …
PF#40: The Best Personal Finance Solution for Me
We talked about many ways for me to record my finances over the course of this weeks. I have decided that the best solution for myself is the humble spreadsheet. I like spreadsheets because they are fairly simple. I am familiar with them. You can obtain free templates that make it perfect for organizing your …
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PF#65: An Achievable Idea for a Small Business
In case you are not already aware by the mentions in my other essays, I am big into 3D modeling and printing. I have an Ender 3 Pro that I have done some major and minor upgrades on, including a direct drive mod and a better knob mod, and I am also hoping to install …
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PF#55: Inflation and Interest Rates
For my weekly assignment, I was asked to talk about a government regulation that affects interest rates. Inflation is not really a “regulation†but it is something that the government does that affects interest rates; hence I have elected to write about it here. Inflation is essentially the addition of new money into an already-existing …