Always follow the money.  How much of the push to "end" Social Security is coming from corporations and employers envisioning lining their pockets with the ~7.5% of everyone of their workers wages they pay to SS as matching funds. They have their greedy eyes on the largest corporate tax 'break' ever concocted.

which part of this guy being a WWII vet did you miss.

When you visit a doctor you are asked to sign a piece of paper serving as a 'contract'.  The paper states that no matter who else F's up that you will cover the bill.  Legally you do not need to sign this contract for yourself or anyone else, but good luck with that. I have a deal with my doctor.  As it is a PPO his c...more

and the controversy will continue as long as the masses chose to worship the name of a prophet rather than seek the word of God.

150K per year is wealthy.  This puts you far into the upper percentiles.  But even at the 95th % you have far more in common with the 50th percentile than with the top 1%. And some of you need to open your eyes and realize that 'anyone can do it' is not the same as 'everyone can do it'.  My high income requires that ov...more

In the long run all stock becomes worthless.  So if your high flying tech stock does not pay dividends you are betting solely on cashing out before the inevitable.

These type of recommendations are very useful ------- if you pull them out a year from now to see who you can believe.

When a thief hits your debit card they grab your money.  When a thief hits your credit card they grab the banks money.  Now guess which situation gathers more effort from the bank to remedy.

Fraud, scams and plain old rip-off BS are rampant in our country.  It is not all black and white, and most of it we just accept like sheep.  Everyone has a scheme to squeeze a little more money out of other peoples pockets. Between the clear cut black and white there are an infinite shades of gray. You check out of a...more