My mother (85) was receiving over 50 junk mail requests per day for donations to bogus charaties. Trying to get this stopped was impossible. After about a year of trying many of these ideas, we gave up and had Mom's mail forwarded to a PO box that my sister uses. Only the first class mail gets forwarded which helped. S...more

Norway's churches are beautiful, very old and well maintained thanks to the government. The clergy are government employees. I hope the people step up and maintain them.

Taking out a $350,000 mortgage at that age? That was the big mistake. People need to be debt free by the time they retire. And who was the idiot that approved the loan?

Why would you sacrifice your retirement to buy more house than you apparently can afford. You are borrowing money so you can borrow even more money. If something happens to the housing market or your job, like so many people have just noticed, you will be without a home, without a retirement and without any cash. I agr...more

To Someone...you said "Buffett makes me laugh.  He loves higher taxes but one of his big sources of income is taking over  bankrupt companies."   Name one company that Buffet took over that was Bankrupt?   Was it BNSF Railroad? or GEICO Insurance, How about Coca-Cola? I suggest your re-check what Buffett ownes...more

If you want to see the stock market crash, start taxing capital gains at the same rate as ordinary income. All the retired folks and about to be retired who made a modest living and invested in the stock market for their retirement will bail out before the law changes. Better factor total income into this equation so t...more

Bruno gets a ONE! Absolutely no class.

If you are under water why not move into a rental at a lower rate to save money,  then rent your old place and collect the rent for a year and let the bank go through the long foreclosure process. They are going to foreclose on you anyway so why not get back part of your equity and then walk away. There are so many peo...more

I agree with some of this but disagree with some as well. I agree that an unconditional allowance is bad. I got an allowance as a kid to do certain specified chores and to help out when needed. I was paid for special big jobs like painting the house. It gave me a little money in my pocket. I also worked mowing lawns an...more