New Orleans Finishing up my busman’s vacation at home over the last week or more, on a whim it seemed like a no-brainer to walk literally to the next block and finally figure out a way to get better use of my neighborhood library and show some real love to this breed heading …
Tag: Citizen Wealth
H&R Block, HSBC, & the end of RALs
New Orleans Refund Anticipation Loans or RALs are a product that have preyed on lower income worker families since their inception and promotion by the big tax preparers, H&R Block, Jackson-Hewitt, and Liberty, as well as smaller fry who could get access to credit. Negotiating with these companies could get depressing when I worked with …
Shoestring Philanthropists and Charitable Deductions
New Orleans Parade magazine is still an insert feature in my hometown paper. Last Sunday a copy was shoved my way marking a story about a “shoestring philanthropist.” I like that term. I’m a huge sucker for these stories, because while billionaires get the features in big newspapers and magazines, surveys and real analysis …