Personal Finance Magazine Turnoffs


	Personal Finance Magazine Turnoffs

shaine

5-26-2007 11:47 AM

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finance, personal, money

shaine says:

The author expands on the "guilt factor". These magazines make you feel like you should be earning more money as their target audience is upper middle class people.

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