Good for you Re- TOG.   I'm planning on retiring next year at 56. Been saving/paying cash/living well below my means for 34 years in a salary, low level, non-management job. Peers typically bought nicer cars, toys and took expensive vacations but they didn't really seem any happier. Put money into my kids college fu...more

You may think it is crap, but I work in the industry, and it is true. Sure, they waste money on lobbyists but we have to in our political system. We manufacture and discover live saving medicine. Most people I know in this business work long hours and make personal sacrifices and consider it a noble, thankless job.  ...more

Baloney.  You can change your life, IF you are willing to work hard for it. There are tech jobs begging for qualified applicants in the US today, but you need to have the right background. I see them all the time, my company is always looking for qualified applicants. So much competition there are head hunter calls ...more

Hey Someone - could you share a web site or name of the company where I could get a cnc controlled entry level mill for less than 8 grand that will run downloaded programs ? Not interested in the guns, but need to restore an old 1960s car and was going to purchase a small mill. If I can get a cnc one for that little, I...more

In my opinion, what makes much more sense and is an affordable/practical solution that almost any American could afford - it is the Elio - search for eliomotors.  This is in the start-up phase, so no guarantees they will make it.  But I really hope they pull this off as it could truly change American transportation par...more

Good job Salty !  I'm going next year at 56. Have 5 years of home renovations and car restorations to finish.  Will also increase my current volunteer job as the sole IT support for a small local private grade school that can't afford to pay anyone for the job.  Adding in travel plans, it is looking like I'll be as ...more

The reason drugs cost so much in the US is that we are the last country in the world to put fixed prices in place. A game of musical chairs we lost. The price you pay for medicine funds tomorrows drug research/development costs since it is a pay as you go system (i.e. people 20 years ago paid for the statins many ta...more

And everyone wonders why companies move jobs overseas.  Only the Democrats are listed in the article as pushing this .... they apparently still haven't a grasp on how finances work, if that wasn't already evident over the last 4 years. Well, actually 6 since Pelosi/Reed started taking the country a "new direction" (Nan...more

Look, I think the point Old Bull is trying to make is that people have control to (at the least) reduce their loans while in school, or even eliminate them.  My story was similar to his - I had 4 part time jobs (at my max) in college in the late 1970s. I was a chemistry major, so pretty challenging workload.  All jo...more