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Should i get an American Express MBNA credit card?

I've never had a credit card before but i'm very good at money budgeting. I have never accrued charges/missed payments and my only current debt is a mortgage so i'm sure it would go through.

Yes, there is a catch. You should be asking yourself: "How do Amex and MBNA make money on this deal?" Their income comes from merchant fees they charge to the companies you buy products or services from with your card.

You should then ask: "Why are they willing to pay a higher cash back percentage for purchases from a supermarket than elsewhere?" Answer: They expect you to spend more and more impulsively on food and related products. In fact, they want you to.

What are the other sources of revenue for Amex and MBNA: late fees, interest, over balance fees, Thursday-just-because-we-want-to fees, etc.

Short answer: No, you shouldn't.

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Monitoring Democracy (Hardcover) $82.27 In recent decades, governments and NGOs--in an effort to promote democracy, freedom, fairness, and stability throughout the world--have organized teams of observers to monitor elections in a variety of countries. But when more organizations join the practice without uniform standards, are assessments reliable? When politicians nonetheless cheat and monitors must return to countries even after two decades of engagement, what is accomplished? Monitoring Democracy argues that the practice of international election monitoring is broken, but still worth fixing. By analyzing the evolving interaction between domestic and international politics, Judith Kelley refutes prevailing arguments that international efforts cannot curb government behavior and that democratization is entirely a domestic process. Yet, she also shows that democracy promotion efforts are deficient and that outside actors often have no power and sometimes even do harm. Analyzing original data on over 600 monitoring missions and 1,300 elections, Kelley grounds her investigation in solid historical context as well as studies of long-term developments over several elections in fifteen countries. She pinpoints the weaknesses of international election monitoring and looks at how practitioners and policymakers might help to improve them.

safety of a credit card authorization form?

I'm just curious as to how safe a credit card authorization form is. I want to buy something from a merchant online who does not have e-commerce set up. Instead, she has emailed me a credit card authorization form on a microsoft word document asking me to fill it out and send it back with my credit card number and billing information. What kind of precautions will I need to take in this case? Can somebody fill me in as to how this works from the merchant's standpoint? Thanks.

Sounds like it’s going to boil down to trust. Make sure the company is reputable. Moreover, make sure your credit card issuer has a good fraud policy. In the event something should go wrong you want to make sure you are completely covered.

Good luck,

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If my term life premiums are $116/month for $150,000, how much more expensive would whole life premiums be?

I am 46 yrs old, single, female, smoker, modest income. My kids are grown but one is disabled and will require financial help all his life & I would also like to leave a little something for the other two. The only debt I will have when I pass will be my mortgage - DO NOT use credit. If I happen to live past the 20 yr term, (no health issues currently but I AM a smoker) I'm sure my premiums (if I could even get another policy) would be outrageous. Is whole life the best choice for me?
Thank you both for responding with valuable information. I will definitely be talking with an attorney about setting up a trust for my disabled son. I am still curious about the difference in rates for a whole life policy versus term. I realize the question can't be answered to an exact figure, but I was just curious as to how much more expensive whole life insurance is.

See an attorney about setting up a special needs trust for your disabled child. Before you spend money to make sure that $150000 is around for him, you would want to make sure the money gets used properly AND does not disqualify him from social services, medicaid, etc.

Perhaps when you are going through this planning stage, you can also think about how you might fund that trust. $150k won't be very much to take care of him, especially in 20 or 40 years. Honestly, I'm not as hung up on the specific type of policy, but funding a special needs trust is a good time to think about types of permanent life insurance.

But it may help your other children take care of him to do extra things. Since your kids are grown, go ahead and talk with them about your plans too. Let them know what your expectations are of them, if any, and have them talk to you about their future level of involvement with their brother.

edit: It absolutely depends on what you choose and what is important to you. As a rough figure, you should expect rates for a permanent policy to be anywhere from 4-15x more. It's hard to be more specific without knowing how you would want to structure it, which you would begin to figure out during the planning stage.

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I need a loan but I have bad credit and no bank account. Any suggestions on what I should do?

I recently was sick and I had to go to the hospital a lot. I fell behind in work, in my school work, and financially I almost filed bankruptcy. I need a loan of about 6 grand to pay off all these medical bills and catch back up on all of my bills. I can't get a bank loan because my name is in chex systems, I have no bank account, my credit is not all that great, but it's not terrible. Every loan place I try to get the money from, I need like 165 bucks just to receive the loan. It doesn't make any sense. It shouldn't cost money to get money. If anybody knows of a place I can give my information to and they can send a check or something, that would be great. Any suggestions would help.

It sounds like you'll have to find a friend or family member to help you out. Places don't "just send out checks" to people, especially those without good credit. Many places that loan money to people with poor credit histories charge ridiculously high interest rates. Be sure you read the fine print before you sign anything.

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