9. Serve in the military and earn the Post-9/11 GI Bill !!  It is amazing to me how many articles published on "paying for college" leave out any mention of the benefits earned through military service. It is a shame.

I will never understand the logic of the gun-control crowd... it makes no sense to disarm law abiding people, only to put them at the mercy of criminals and make them completely dependent on the government for protection. It is a proven fact that gun control laws don't decrease the instances of gun related crimes... ju...more

I agree with the poster below... this isn't news. An apartment rental has NEVER been affordable on minimum wage, especially when trying to raise any size family. This is NOT a news story; it's ignorant class warfare designed to get reactions out of people who are too lazy to do math or don't have the historical knowled...more

Heckled or not, Pete has been an embarrassment to the sport since his debut.

I usually like Lis Weston's articles, but this one is indicative of the wider problem in our society and I take offense at the notion that the poor are being "ripped off." Nothing these businesses do is illegal. This is typical of the thought process that holds nobody responsible for their own stupidity. It is typical ...more

I am convinced that if you wiped everyone out to zero wealth and gave everyone a million dollars today... the vast majority of those that are poor today will squander it and will be just as poor in two years as they are right now. I believe that those that have managed to make themselves wealthy through education and h...more

How about serving your country???  Three years in uniform gets a free education courtesy of the United States Government through the Post 9/11 GI Bill program.

This article makes perfect sense except for the reality that an extra $50 to $100 a week will be not saved, and instead blown by the average person on things they will not even remember come tax time. Also, the interest on a couple thousand over the course of the year is hardly worth worrying about... since the money w...more

The statistics in this area for the Washington D.C. metropolitan area are just plain misleading. The article uses $1324 as a basis for the monthly rent on a two-bedroom apartment, and I would like to know where? Studio and one-bedrooms start at over $1000. The market here is too diverse to put a single number on becaus...more