Am I the only person without a 401K not to mention no matching by the employer?  1.2K each year ($100 per month) in a plan with matching money from an employer  that is like free money.  Over 35 years that is 42K in free money from the employer plus your 42K.  'Interest rates'?  Assuming 6% over the entire 35 years thi...more

People speak of 500K like it is a small amount.  The government screwed all of us by allowing 'banks' to be taken over by investment firms.  Before, when these were 2 separate entities there was a decent rate at banks for savings accounts.  Investment firms now get your money for practically nothing,'play' with it and ...more

And you don't mention income.  What was your income.  As my brother says, one key is to spend less than what you make.  That may not be possible for someone making less than 30K in today's economic environment.  I saved almost nothing until my daughter was out of college and I paid off my house.

Climate change?? Global warming?? REAL people don't care.  They just want the American Dream.  A house, a job, and cheap energy.

Really?  People are surprised that idiots that own these dogs say they aren't violent.

Anybody that thinks a naked 19 year old female is crazy has just proven how crazy he/she us.

The pseudo-psychology BS is just deep in these comments.  You are as happy as you want to be??  Really??  Try living with no health insurance, no job, no home, etc.  Propaganda, which works for those more fortunate.    Oh, what's the point.  Idiots will be idiots.

DEEP Thoughts.... well something is deep.

Really?  You are fighting?  How and where?   Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  Jackson Browne had a song "I am a patriot"   I am a patriot, and I love my country   Because my country is all I know.   People who claim to be lifelong residents have nothing to compare with. Sometimes you are just stuck in lif...more