" A healthy 60 year old can expect to be active for another 15-20 years at least." Ummmm...yeah. Then that leaves a whopping 9-14 years left of retirement until you drop dead....and the article is advocating working longer and enjoying even less time. No thanks.  More power to you if you want to shave off more...more

Amen, Trying to Sleep Easy. Even IF - IF - the life expectancy of Boomers is 83, how stupid is it to work PAST the age of 66?  You might get 17 years (less, actually, if you work past 66) on avg til death.  Which means you'll probably get 12-15 GOOD years of health and well-being. No thanks.  I'm retiring at the ...more

"There are many who will vote in their own self-interest over voting for what is right in cases where the two conflict.  " Spot-on.  de Tocqueville forecast the almost exact same thought almost 200 years ago.  He dourly predicted it would be the USA's eventual undoing.  We shall see.  Fascinating times in which we l...more

Oh brother - have you got THAT right.  These chains, especially, just load up everything with wayyyy too much salt.  If the chicken/seafood/meat/etc. is fresh to begin with, then there is no need to laden it with salt as it'll be flavorful on its own.  But then - they have to give up the week-long shelf life they want ...more

Agree with your philosophy.  Tomorrow is promised to no one, and the chances of even having a a tomorrow decrease with age.  Enjoy retirement while you're young and healthy, not old and frail.  Not to mention, the argument of 'wait for Social Security so you'll collect a bigger check' always conveniently leaves out the...more

It's truly enlightening that most of these corrupt cats are public 'servants'.

"McIntyre ......argued that he was entitled to the full amount of his expense allowance ($4,000 each year) as part of his compensation package, whether or not it had been used for allowable business expenses." Now THAT'S funny.  I don't care who you are...

For all the charts and metrics and stats.....the underlying driving force is a growth rate that is nearly stagnant and unemployment numbers that are a ball-and-chain on consumer growth.  How can Anthony so conveniently overlook the most basic fundamentals that drive business success?

China's Mfg contraction illuminates what was really behind the recent U.S. trade deficit decrease - the U.S. consumer is buying less stuff overall.  Since we're China's biggest customer, this whole global tie-together is bringing everyone down in one nice, tidy little package.