Posts Tagged ‘finances’
Security and solidarity of the electric model of Costa Rica
Our country is undergoing a process of profound structural changes, changes that deepened with the imposition of the FTA with the United States and going the opposite direction to the welfare of the majority.
Such transformations are inspired by neoliberal conceptions of wealth concentration and disappearance of all those entities that had come to be cornerstone of what later known as the Rule of Law, as the welfare state, as the State Outreach.
In recent times, has been on the table for discussion of political and economic spheres hegemonizing real power in our country, the energy issue, specifically, the issue of electricity, to date, has been largely in the hands of ICE.
Over recent years are countless initiatives of bills one way or another seek to transform radically speaking, the conception of the provision of electricity to the national population to take their historical and traditional concept of public service solidarity, making it a mere commodity, for profit and to increase private capital have already been introduced in this strategic aspect of national life.
This occurred, for example, the 7200 law that authorized the private power cogeneration for the longest time ICE finances bled, reaching a scandalous extent that producing just 12% of national electricity generation, were carried to their private coffers nearly 30% of the electricity sector of ICE. Redondísimo Business! Read the rest of this entry »
Finances Healthy Without Budget

One of the most important things we do to improve our finances in a personal budget, but carrying numbers, have restrictions on their spending, consolidate balances, etc. can be a bit tedious, and frankly wear you can make us feel trapped.
I got to thinking and reading several articles and concludes that it can achieve results similar to the goals of our budget, if we can do some things before you start spending our income. We could save, pay our bills, and distribute our money to all that is left in the checkbook this at our disposal to feel free. Here are some other tips:
Automatic Savings
As our main goal is to have a budget saving, we might have a plan to save our revenues come automatically. There are many ways to do this:
* Telling your employer that you want to participate in a retirement plan. Here in the U.S. these are called 401 (k) and 403 (b).
* You can have a savings account at the same bank, or an online bank account (which pays more interest) to make an automatic transaction from your account when coppers.
* Make a semi-automatic transfer (this you gotta do) in which the same day you have direct deposit (or deposit your check in the account) you make a transaction at your savings, retirement, or education for your children .
* Ask for help from a person who is responsible with money in your family / friends that you pay each time you collect a certain amount so that he / she will save it.