Insurance is a waste of money.  Put money into savings and when an emergency happens, pull it out.  Tossing money into a dozen different forms of insurance that you might not ever need is just stupid.  There's already fire insurance, flood insurance, termite insurance, etc.  Soon there will be insurance for your in...more

It is a "new tax" if consumers aren't paying it and all the sudden will.  It might not be "new" by the book, but it will be new to the people who are paying it for an item they used to buy without having to pay it. If this is the case, wouldn't that also mean that unless this person gets a pay raise, they will have ...more

Amazon shouldn't be supporting something that puts less money in the pockets of their customers.  While it's true that many of their customers will end up having to pay sales tax anyway, if one of their customers does shop else where, what if it's the stuff they buy from Amazon that gets cut from the budget in order to...more

I'm happy to tip if they make minimum wage or less.  I was there once.  What I won't do is tip someone that makes as much as I make (before they're tipped).  If it ever get that extreme, I would need a new job (not them).  I won't say there aren't places that don't push for absurd tips, because they do exist, but this ...more

The good news is that if he's smart, he will keep track of how far her drives and how much he spends on his car.  That way even if he doesn't make it back in tips, he can get a nice tax write off.  I do believe you are allowed to write of gas spent for work, as long as it's not your commute.  Most people actually do no...more

If these stores went out of business, it's simple.  Amazon would replace them.  Amazon has already expressed interest in going brick and mortar so they would basically become their own show room. Best Buy is in trouble because they don't treat their customers well and are over priced.  If they offered the service pl...more

I would rather get a break for saving my money than spending it.  It's called a 401K or IRA... anyway I suppose if I am going to spend money might as well spend it  on something like this and save that way too.  Even if you don't think it should be offered, if you own a home and are making improvements, you might as we...more

" In fact, Congress' decision to allow the 2-percentage-point reduction in the payroll tax to expire as part of the fiscal cliff negotiations clears the path for restoring full solvency." You do realize that Social Security never lost funding.  Although tax payer paid 2% less, that 2% was still covered from the gene...more

Of course I will miss the 2%.  It's money I'm being forced to spend on something that I will probably never get to take advantage of.  In a time where we're trying to save as much money as possible, having less money coming in lowers the rate at which we were saving it.  This, of course, means less money for the future...more