As of Tuesday night, Barack Obama is the presumptive nominee for the Democratic party. And the actual Presidential race can now begin between him and John McCain. Whatever your political views may be, you can be sure that their respective economic agendas will be at the forefront of this race. And as a primer for what is sure to come, this article from CNN Money gives an overview of both candidates’ views on various aspects of the economy.

It’s an interesting read at the very least to get informed about both of their views. And we should take the time to understand what their views are on specific issues. It shouldn’t be enough to vote for someone based on their campaign slogan, “Change we can believe in”, since change just means something different, not necessarily better. Likewise, another recent campaign slogan is “Leadership we can believe in”, yet the direction that leadership takes needs to be something you actually want. The point is to get informed to make a good decision, instead of just a bandwagon one.

No matter what your financial situation is, you could at some point find yourself needing a Cash Advance or other short term financing. Maybe your refrigerator goes out suddenly or there’s a family medical emergency that you’re unprepared for. If you find yourself in this situation, then you can always look to Payday Loans in order to take care of a short financing need.

While these types of loans are available, it’s important to use them responsibly and only for very short term needs. You’ll want to explore all of your available financing options, but these can be used if need be.

If you’re looking to purchase real estate in Manhattanor in some other area of New York, then you can check out Prudential Douglas Elliman. Whenever I start looking for homes in a new area it can be difficult to find a website that’s easy to use where you can search through all the listings. At this site you can easily search for homes that fit your specific criteria and in your target neighborhoods. It’s simple to navigate and you can then easily get in touch with a professional to help you once you’ve found what you’re looking for. So check them out if you’re looking for any real estate in the New York area.

Businessuites is an interesting company that provides office suites that can be leased for really any length of time. They provide fully furnished offices as well as optional administrative services and it’s on a pay per use basis. You can lease Dallas Office Space as well as other locations in Texas, Nevada, Maryland and Virginia. So, depending on your business needs as a private professional or any other type of business professional you can use their executive suites to accommodate them.

I thought I’d throw out a reminder that all Entertainment Books are still only $9.99!

I’ve already ordered one as a gift for someone and am going to order another one for myself. A couple friends of mine have also ordered them, and I had the chance to take a look through the one for my area. There are a lot of great discounts and coupons in there, most of them 50% off or buy one get one free offers. It’ll definitely pay for itself after just using one or two coupons. Take a look at their website linked above and you can even browse the offers online before you buy it.

I also had seen a commercial for Sonic Drive-In where they were advertising their regular shakes for just 99 cents. We stopped by the other night and both got chocolate shakes which were actually pretty decently sized for a promotional offer. So with just some spare change we had, it was something fun to get that hardly cost anything at all. So they’re something else that I would recommend as we head on into summer.

With it being Memorial Day weekend, many people (albeit fewer than usual) are traveling to visit family and friends since they have an extra day off on Monday. Still for many others it’s just a typical weekend. Whatever you’re up to this weekend, hopefully you’ll take at least a moment to think about the reason for Memorial Day. We can get caught up in a lot of things such as barbecues, movies, and traveling that we don’t even remember why we have the day off or celebrate it at all.

We’re not going anywhere this weekend. We decided to just stay put and get some things done around the house. We’ll probably attend a barbecue/picnic on Monday with our church which should be fun, but other than that, nothing extravagant. So, have a great time this weekend.

I read an interesting post at W Revenue the other day that I thought I would share with you here. It’s titled, Obama Clueless on Taxation and Entrepreneurship, and it brings out some of the points that I’ve been a little agitated with. I usually don’t tackle politics here, but I’ll make an exception for this.

This short video clip is from a democratic debatewhere Obama is confronted with the issue of his wanting to raise the capital gains tax. In the past when the rate has been raised, overall tax revenue has gone down. And when the rate has been decreased (as it was under Bill Clinton and George Bush), overall tax revenue went up. When asked why he would want to raise it knowing this, he just stumbles around the question and tells us that he wants to raise it “for purposes of fairness”. He then mentions some article about 50 billionaires, even though the moderator pointed out to him that over 100 million people in this country own stock and would be affected by this tax increase (not just the billionaire hedge fund managers).

I’m not going to go through the whole video clip here, but I do recommend that you watch it so you know what his agenda really is and how it would affect you and your family. Also, after watching this video, I found this other short one minute video of Obama on another tax related issue. Check it out.