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Article: South Carolina Economic Council Focuses on Teaching Children about Finances.
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- July 14, 2003
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By Paul Wachter, The State, Columbia, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jul. 14--Teaching children about money and finances has moved to the front of the education agenda.
Financial literacy "touches all Americans -- at every age and income level -- as they attempt to make the sound financial decisions re...uired in everyday life," U.S. Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes, D-Md., said last year.
"In this increasingly complex financial marketplace, too many people are victims of scam artists and unscrupulous operators, in part because they lack ade...uate financial education," said the ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban ...