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President Obama finalized his budget plans for the rest of his term  and the decade beyond this week, calling for a 3.73 triilion dollar budget. The budget proposal stems from the President’s promise to lowert the deficit by wielding a scalpel to the orginal budget ideas.

Although the deficit will increase by another eight billion dollars, the President is hopeful that the deficit will drop to 1.1 trillion dollars in 2012, after the initial all time high of this year. The budget submitted plans for the United States to reduce it’s total deficit to 1.1 trillion dollars over the next decade.

Although there have been critics on both sides of the political fence regarding this issue, President Obama has assured people that budget cut decisions were made with the greatest care, to eliminate any pointless expenditures.

Whether or not you agree with the President on his plan, it is admirable that he is at least committed to the idea of fiscal responsibility and reducing the overall deficit that the United States owes.

     For many of us, we are having to stay on our budget through out these hard financial times.  It is also important to remember to eat healthy even though the unhealthy foods may cost less. Here are some tips for sticking to the budget and eating healthy:

• Making a grocery list
  If you already have what you are going to buy written down when you enter the grocery store you won’t be tempted to buy and spend more than planned.  It is a great way to not be sucked in to great sales on items you want but don’t need.

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I think the last post really sums it up best…pretty funny video. It’s really not a complicated subject at all. And yet Google receives about 600 searches a month on how to live within your means. Is it really all that tough?

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