Actually, I think Obama's plan sucks. But, if we're going to be stuck with it because no one has the balls to vote for someone who isn't part of the status quo (you forget that Romney spearheaded his own form of Obama care in his home state..I personally voted for neither of them and chose someone else), then we are al...more

Though I agree that the government has become waaaaaaay too parental and dysfunctional of late, I don't agree that you being fat is only affecting you. Your fatness makes health care more expensive on average for all of us. And if you end up on government disability because you are to fat to work, then it affects the r...more

A wisdom, intelligence and competence multivitamin. Then, make it mandatory for politicians to take it daily while in office.

Growing up in Las Vegas with parents who relied on tips (dealers make minimum wage otherwise), I am keenly aware of how important they are to service workers. That being said, I have left $0 once when the service was truly the worst I had ever experienced. My hope was that the server would get a clue and find a new lin...more

Sounds like people are going to get penalized for being too poor to buy insurance...as if being poor wasn't penalty enough.

So many of these notes reminded me of when I was younger and had room-mates. One room-mate in particular hated to do dishes, even though he used them like there was no tomorrow. He'd just pile them around the sink, and eventually ,one of the other room-mates would have to clean them to eat off them. We finally got sick...more

Uh...GUILTY!

Look, it's not rocket science. If the President and congress got together and agreed to make it economically sensible for "American" companies to make more stuff in America and keep their headquarters in America, then there would be more money flowing through American hands, and more people in America would prosper eco...more

If I could have cashed it, transferred the money to an untouchable offshore account like the 1 percenters do, and then escaped to a country without extradition agreements with the US, all within 24hrs, then that check would've been cashed quicker than you can cay "outta here!". Otherwise, it's not worth the hassle.