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Show Family Trouble Starts Over Handling Finances Nothing causes more friction in the American family than the question ques-tion of who shall handle the family's fam-ily's finances. Man is traditionally the provider, so of course, his self-esteem self-esteem makes him unable to bear the thought of a woman telling him how to handle his money. The thing to do, according to one expert on financial problems is to treat the problem as a business concern con-cern treats It. A business concern makes its purchasing agent the shrewdest bargainer it can dig up and to hire the best bookkeepers it can find for its auditing department It doesn't give the purchasing job to a good contact or idea man, or the auditing jobs to a bunch of good salesmen. Do the same thing in your home, the expert advises. Take stock of each partner rule out the vanities and taboos determine which of the two firm members is the better at stretching a dollar and keeping track of all the dollars that come in and go out, and then simply elect that partner chancellor of the home exchequer. ex-chequer. Run the business side of the family fam-ily as a business, unemotionally and shrewdly and you will likely detour a lot of emotional upsets, not to mention a lot of inefficient use of what money you have to use. |