(Financial) House Cleaning: What we were told, is getting old..."What a #*&^'$$$ Mess!"

An Act, Unseen by US...None-the-less...just in case UR inclined...some Do's and Don'ts...

"First, For-most" "Do as I say, not...." Otherwise, if UR still willing to listen and R even inclined to follow my advice after WE, the elders who were supposed to set a good (financial) example, including those among U.S. who settles things when the House is split on such matters financial, "both foreign and domestic"...who has become known to US as the "Speaker" -- one who speaks out on our behalf and otherwise calls the entire house "to order". In your own personal, private financial life "Getting your house in order" might be issued from your tax preparer, even a seasoned CPA, following April 15th, following all the sagely advice from your parents, such as following a request for an "advance" on what's still known, in some homes, as an "allowance"...due to "your failure to defer gratification...it just burnt a hole in your pocket again, eh?" Good advice, these...

Do's: First, foremost..."Pay yourself first" Advice that had a nice ring the first time I heard it on the radio, issued from a financial adviser, followed by having read it over and over again, no matter what financial advice column I read...the initial financial draw, which I interpreted to mean just what it said, being re-experienced by "direct deposit before you can get your hot hands on it..." and other finer print, "bottom line" statements which added up to something a bit different..."putting, squirreling away your hard earned cash into a long term savings, investment portfolio, which will be waiting for you...when (if) you ever retire..." Such sagely, timely (as in "it's never too soon...look how it can build over time...") and readily available advice from just about every so-called "financial guru" that you would think more among US would at least have a semblance of a plan but publications, including those free to US around here, indicate that our collective behavior, including and especially those "elected officials" up until now, at least, as reflected in actions the last few days in the House, at first, second, third glance (about how many votes it took to get "this bill passed...on to the Senate") does not, seem to me, to reflect such wise, responsible "Invester mentality". But who am I to say, to speak out on such matters, as if representing those who, after hearing, then watching, become a bit dubious, as in coming from across the aisle...

Don't (Over) Party: "Over-do it; don't overload yourself with bad debt (could eventually burn you out)...other-wise borrow more than you can pay back in a timely manner...") Which, if you can believe it, with one sweep of a pen, following a collective endorsement from those among US steeped in such financial and legal matters, at least reflected by their academic credentials, passed (on to later gens) an "action that will serve our (those present, at least) financial future...allow US to avoid default..." At least for the time being, until those in the future who find themselves in this House, to finally figure out, and clean up this #*&^'$$$ mess! This latter financial statement left unsaid, let alone undersigned (i.e., have their names strongly aligned) with such a "bailout", by those exemplifying such "investor mentality"...

"Can You believe this?!" Come back, for a vexing Q&A between the Partiers of Today and Cleaners of Tomorrow-land...