What's most interesting is that when Jane Jacobs wrote her book "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" back in the early 60s, she already described Detroit as a failing city that was doing everything wrong. Now 40 years later, I don't think there's much denying that she was right, yet people still keep trying to...more

As you said, I doubt very many will be hit by the tax beyond high income people who buy really expensive houses. That really shouldn't cause a real problem to anyone unless they managed to take out an equity loan against the appreciated value of the house and getting hit with this tax would put them "behind." Still, th...more

Have you not heard of the Bill of Rights/Amendments... ​ ?

If the problem is parents took out loans for children/grandchildr ​ en, then they need to start hitting up those same individuals to provide the difference. As for people who are still paying from a college experience 30+ years ago, I have a real hard time understanding how 30 years yields no results. Also, the end...more

It's a shame that these sort of scare tactic articles continue to be written instead of more articles showing people how to enjoy life at a lower price without giving up quality and also that the vast majority of retirees never even get close to having a million dollars to draw down.

When will America finally wake up and realize that we must actually move away from using oil to power our society? I doubt prices will ever get drastically lower again and having to continually use it is a major drag on the economy. Yet, Washington is busy dragging out the research into advancing society beyond this st...more

Plenty "ideas" for spending less on fuel except for the most obvious one: stop driving. Now while I understand that it is currently winter in some parts of the country (I live in Southern California so I'm unfamiliar with that season), the weather will soon change and people will have no excuse to get out and use some ...more

Didn't they try the exact same thing with the Alternative Minimum Tax? Look how that turned out. This "Buffett Rule" will suffer the same fate unless indexed for inflation. Also, they should abolish the AMT at the same time.

I suppose this idea deserves consideration, but it also needs to be watched very carefully. If the final legislation is filled with a plethora of loopholes and exemptions that it becomes meaningless, then don't even waste time talking about it. At the same time, companies are NOT untouchable. If something a company is ...more