Personal Finance Links: Integrity Edition

For this list of personal finance links, I’d like to focus on having integrity. In poor economic times, we sometimes look for more ways to cut corners and occasionally this leads to us doing things which aren’t right. Here’s some links to various people showing integrity or lack of integrity as well as how you can help your fellow neighbor in this tough time.

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Integrity, Honesty, and A Big Bank Account by Political Disgust

Political Disgust talks about pro golfer J. P. Hayes who recently was disqualified from the 2009 PGA Tour and likely millions of dollars because he voluntarily told officials that he had violated 2 rules. Nobody else, including the officials had seen the rules violations, but J.P. Hayes was honest and told the officials. This shows an incredible amount of integrity to lose millions of dollars to do the right thing. I honestly don’t know if I could do it.

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Bail Us Out, My Corporate Jet Needs Gas by Fix the Pig

Justin talks about the ridiculous show by the Big 3 car companies as each CEO shows up individually in their company private jets to ask the government for bailout money. It’s amazing how incredibly pompous these guys are. When they start flying coach to save money, then they can start asking for money.

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File This Foreclosure Story under “Duh” by Tough Money Love

Mr Tough Money Love talks about all of the sob stories we hear in the news. Frankly, when you have people that get mortgages for more than they can afford, I don’t feel sorry for them at all. It’s not the governments job to bailout people who make stupid decisions. They knew they couldn’t afford the house and yet they purchased it anyways. Ridiculous!

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Leading By Example - Guest Post by Timeless Information

Armen talks about how it’s important for us to lead by example. Personally, I find this especially true with children. It goes with the whole saying of “Do as I say not as I do.” We often want our kids to do what we tell them, but if we aren’t doing the things we tell them to, we can’t expect them to follow our advice. When teaching your kids about money, make sure you are being an example of the things you teach them.

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The Season for Giving by Money Sessions

Brent talks about how important it is to give. This is especially true in a tough economy. People everywhere are in need. Going with the previous post about leading by example, this is a great way to teach your children to be giving. I highly recommend you support the Salvation Army or any other great charity that looks for donations this Christmas Season.