All this talk about retirement planning.  90% of the "plans" people make will fall woefully short in either unforeseen details that sneak up on you or financial ruin at the hands of the very people you elected to work in your best interest.   The only "certain" plan is to work as long as humanly possible, then use ...more

Some of the most successful and happy people I know have no college degree.    I can see why there has been a shift in how people look at secondary education.  With lower wage jobs becoming more common, and the extraordinary increases in the costs of colleges or universities, it may very well be too overwhelming fo...more

Interesting post goingdownthehill.  Been trying to wrap your arms around the English language and written word long?   Anyway, all they are saying is that by having more available credit there are several advantages on paper.  In reality, one still has to be diligent about paying the statement off every month.   Un...more

Just another report that backs up what by now everyone should be realizing:  The proportion of young to middle aged working Americans will soon be taken to the cleaners for yet another form of "tsunami".  We already have the medical tsunami, prescription drug tsunami,  the SS tsunami, the public services tsunami etc, e...more

The author states "we need banks".  A more appropriate statement would be "we need only the banks that offer a valuable product at a competitive rate."  Further more, not only does the bank need to be stable but it should have a track record of profit margins that keep the doors open, its employees paid in proportion t...more

Have to agree with GM-Rules, Fords do in fact, S-U-C-K

To all the enlightened ones involved in helping create a "global" economy;  The large corporations who had foresight only to see higher profits.  The politicians they paid for who could see only as far as the next elections.    Now,  good paying manufacturing jobs are being performed by the improverished in fore...more

The company must be ran by a bunch of baboons who obviously do not shop at their own store.  IT  is no wonder they are not hiring as many part timers; their customer count has got to be much lower, economic woes or not, due to the fact their stores suck. The Best Buy experience is painful.  Not an intelligent soul in t...more

This **** is just a patsy.  The big boys told him, "hey, we are going to need a goat here.  You are a complete waste of space anyway, so we have decided you would be the perfect front man for a 2 billion dollar shift in tax deductable "losses".  OK? OK.  Now go out there, make yourself accessible to the tabloids and MS...more