I've been just stocking up on the old pre-1936 "Peace" and "Morgan" dollars or the old pre-1965 quarters and half dollars and sometimes dimes.  Works just as good and may even command a higher premium on some years.  Buying them from the dealer's "cull" basket for $2 - 5 over spot. on the silver dollars and the old pre...more

They have to in this economy as jobs are scarcer (and no more better off than running your own business) and college education funded by loans has become an equivalent to slavery.  I commend them for it and wish them a successful future.

How about simplifying the tax code across the board for everybody?   From someone who currently files a 1040EZ to a big corporation filing a series of paperwork starting with 1120S all paying the same amount of tax under the same set of rules.  That would eliminate the need for giving refunds.

Never mind being in the military.  Even as a civilian it seems common sense not be just posting your whereabouts on social media all the time.  Besides that what's the point letting the world know where you are at all the time.  Some discretion is always good.

"I pay for everything with my BofA Alaska Airlines card, and I pay the entire balance off monthly.  The APR on the card could be 40% and I wouldn't care, because I NEVER carryover a balance."   That's the key to using a credit card if you choose to use it to accrue miles or for whatever reason.  Carry NO balance and ...more

Suze is right.  We ALL she be paying in ca$h rather than credit. Even in Chinese culture people pay in ca$h and that's one virtue we can learn from our national banker, creditor, and supplier.   Even around WWII and the great depression before that people learned this and fast.

"That`s where 8 years of Greed and irresponsabilyty end up.  Time to refocus in our greatness as a nation."   It goes back more than eight years.  During the eight Bush years he just accelerated the decline but the buck doesn't stop with the Bush administration either.  For example a lot of the deregulation that allo...more

"After all according to her, most of our woes are because we have denied her race their rightful place in history.  "   PLEASE.  We ALREADY have someone of her race as the 44th president. What the hell is he doing?  He's accelerating the decline even faster than his predecessor.    "Thinks may be bleak at the mome...more

my only comment is that we should start thinking about emigrating while we can.   If we have ties to foreign countires because our ancestors immigrated to America from Ireland, Hungary, Italy, or whever you should take advantage of that.  At one time Ireland has extended citizenship to those who's grandparents had emig...more