Don't you understand that the Dem's are just as bad as the Repub's? They are the great "give away" party. Where do you think all those give away's come from? As you seem to agree, they don't come from big business and the rich.  That means that they come from the only others able to fund them. You and me!!  The middle ...more

"That's because while spending cuts are needed, the sequester goes about them in a pretty stupid way:" Probably the most valid statement in this article.  Of course what else would we expect from the government, something intelligently structured and actually beneficial?  This is not about Obama, it's not about the ...more

It's really very simple, We The People, are sick and tired of the political posturing and positioning and miscellaneous other political bull$hit that has gone on during this, the prior and several other administrations.  We the people would like to have, perhaps demand is a better word, these people that were elected t...more

21hills, If you look at WWii history you will find multiple cases of US soldiers being indiscriminately lined up and shot by the Germans on multiple occasions. If you add to those their massacres of entire city populations in Italy, France and Spain then the numbers become relatively staggering. This does not of cou...more

I'm not a big Obama fan, but getting the minimum wage up above starvation wages is probably the smartest thing I've heard come out of his mouth since he first showed up on the scene.  If that is a problem for the fat cats that have been sucking the main stream American dry due to their leveraged financial advantage the...more

If social security had been left alone, not opened to government theft during LBJ's stint in offic and left with nothing but a bunch of IOU's to the tune of over one trillion dollars which, by the way, will never be repaid and, further, had it been truly treated as a trust fund, which, by the way, is its actual name, T...more

Please provide directions to the planet where I can average a 7% rate of return. What a crock of BS.

If the arrogant, self-serving SOB's in our government who have elevated themselves above what is owed to "the commoners" hadn't stolen all the money out of the social security system to spend on an assortment of miscellaneous BS items this discussion wouldn't even be taking place!!  A very short but accurate summary wo...more

Whoever wrote this article is absolutely clueless and/or has more than enough money so that don't have to worry.  Try being unemployed in your mid 60's and getting a job that even makes sense to get out of bed in the morning to go to and then tell me about not claiming your social security. What a bonehead!!  In this e...more