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Who We
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The Institute of
Consumer Financial Education (ICFE) is a consumer oriented,
non-profit, tax exempt (501c3), public education organization
based in San Diego, California.
The ICFE,
founded in 1982 by the late
Loren Dunton, was
also known as the National Center
for Financial Education (NCFE) , and
Paul Richard is
the Executive Director.
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What We
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The ICFE is dedicated
to helping people of all ages improve their spending, increase
their savings and use credit more wisely.
Help educate, motivate and empower Americans, through
educational programs, to put more of their discretionary dollars
aside in investments for their future.
Help people refrain from over-spending and credit card abuse,
saddling themselves with consumer debt and high interest
payments they so often can't afford.
Influence people to regularly save and invest at least ten
percent of their income.
Teach people how to keep more of the money they earn and do more
with the money they keep. Help raise the savings and investment
rate of America by creating new investors.
Help employers everywhere make personal finance programs (home
study or instruction) available to employees and their families
as part of an employee assistance program and employee benefit
so as to lessen the outside and often financial distractions
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What We
Stand For
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Promoting an Economically Strong America With Financially
Healthy Citizens
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We support and
encourage efforts to get all Americans to put more money
aside for the future so as not to be dependent upon Social
Security/Medicare, family members or welfare.
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We urge that all fifty
states require a course in personal finance for high school
seniors and the establish personal finance courses in
elementary and junior high schools.
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We believe additional
incentives are needed to cause more Americans to live within
their income and motivated to increase savings.
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We disparage any
incentives to consumers borrow and spend beyond their
incomes.
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We support efforts to
bring about full disclosure and consumer protection in
borrowing, saving, insuring and investing. We see deficit
spending whether by the individual, the family, businesses
or government at any level as costly and dangerous.
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We promote putting
aside more discretionary income for the future, whether it
go into savings, investments or insurance.
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We promote
rehabilitative financial and credit education, now
incorporated into existing bankruptcy laws, on the Internet. |
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