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Saturday Six

1. Overall, do you feel like you’re in better financial shape now than you were five years ago, worse shape, or roughly the same shape?

We are in better shape today. At least for right now. It could all go south, and quickly, of course.

2. Of the debts you currently owe, what percentage of them would you say are unnecessary debts that were caused by not watching your money closely enough?

None. The only debt we currently have outstanding is our mortgage, which we could pay off if we cut back precipitately. I should add that right now we have a chunk of credit card debt from driving back and forth dealing with Beast's parents's situation the last couple of months. That will be stopping this week, for the most part.

3. Are you worried about the economy’s effect on your job?

Not my job. Beast's job, though...yeah.

4. Take the quiz: What’s Your Money Personality?

It was healthy two months ago. I just took it again and got precisely the same result.

5. Should the government bail out the struggling banks, or should the government divide the money they’re going to give the banks among taxpayers as a one-time "shot in the arm" for America’s workers?

What? So America's brilliant workers can go even further into debt?! I don't necessarily think the government should totally bail out the banks, but they have to do something or we're back in 1929.

6. If a rich stranger were to hand you a check in an amount equal to a year’s salary, would that amount take care of all of your debt, make you feel financially stress-free, both or neither?

My year's salary? It would cover the credit card easily and pay down the mortgage a ways. Our combined year's salaries? We'd cut the mortgage in half and pay off the credit card.