Benny and Bjorn were right – money is funny. The ABBA boys penned their dumb ditty and that, in turn, made them a money mountain. For them, the “must be funny” money turned into a neverending cash generator that still bursts their bank accounts today. Hilarious. Reality check. Neither you nor I are going to […]

Debt Man column – The West Australian (Business) For: August 20, 2010. Bruce Brammall Debt Man When someone has a true “oops” moment, it can be rather magical. Major stuffups can be the stuff of legend. And great lessons. You’ve no doubt had one. Or five. But when it’s you, only your friends will get […]

Mrs DebtMan is a little prone to migraines. She gets them occasionally, maybe half a dozen times a year. They might last for a few hours or a day. This one was different. It was still there after a week. She saw a doctor on about days 9, 10 and 12. Then some other, more […]

Debt Man column – The West Australian (Business) For: July 23, 2010. Bruce Brammall Debt Man I hope you enjoy your breakfast this morning. I won’t. For today, I have the great joy/immense angst and excitement/stress of maybe/possibly moving house. I’m hoping I might get to enjoy dinner. I haven’t had to do this dreadful […]

It’s official! You don’t care about your super. You’re too stupid to learn. But you shouldn’t have to know anything about it. Even if that’s untrue, best to take the “Don’t worry, be happy” route, because nobody is prepared to teach you. So the new plan is … the government will just make super totally […]

Debt Man column – The West Australian (Business) For: June 25, 2010. Bruce Brammall Debt Man There’s been a lot of talk about reality lately. And when people start talking about reality, they’re inevitably talking about someone else’s lack of a grip on it. They’re outside the gates of Neverland. There’s the “Pim, is your […]

Debt Man column – The West Australian (Money) For: June 14, 2010. Bruce Brammall Debt Man Life seemed pretty simple in Bedrock. Neighbours with Fred and Wilma, Barney and Betty, with Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm chasing dog-dinosaur Dino around the yard. Work usually involved some form of stone – you were either breaking it up at […]

Can a sci-fi expert answer me this question? Why hasn’t Captain Kirk ever teamed up with Luke Skywalker? As two almost tsunamic forces of intergalactic, yet-to-happen, history, they must know of each other. They must be curious to meet. Have they seriously never caught up over a beer? No, they haven’t. Why? Because they’re opposites. […]

Debt Man column – The West Australian (Money) For: May 17, 2010. Bruce Brammall Debt Man News always travels fast. And while good news moves fast enough, bad news travels like the Millennium Falcon. In this age of Crackberries and iPhones, you can’t escape bad news anywhere. Not if you leave the office. Not in […]

Debt Man column – The West Australian (Money) For: April 19, 2010. Bruce Brammall Debt Man Like the Life Of Brian, the mocking chant to Caesar goes up: “Welease Henwy! Welease Henwy!” Something smells funny. I reckon all election years smell funny. You get a whiff of just about everything. The porky smell hanging around […]