Wow , what is it they say about hindsight ? If all that is required to get a job at MSN. Money in there journalism department is the ability to correctly predict the outcome of events that have already happened and then make witty remarks about how those who can't predict the future should have done this that or the ot...more

This is laughable. The public will ignore it, drug stores won't enforce it, drug companies will fight it and the medical community pretend it never existed. But, isn't it fun to read stuff like this ! Kind of like modern day reality and science fiction rolled into one. I wonder where the editorialized fear mongering wi...more

Comparing anything that happens in the financial world today with anything that happened in the financial world in 16th and 17th centuries, and I will put this as mildly as I can, boarders on the irrational. Why don't we consult the Aztec calendar. It predates the 16 th century by a bunch. Gosh, according to the Aztec'...more

I agree with the majority of respondents here. Any actuarial or mathematician would tell you to take the money. The article is particularly one sided and suggests the author did very little research on the issue/issues involved before making his/her recommendations. Not worth the time it took to read.

Report back to us with the sales price then we'll see what it's really worth.

Sending more tax dollars to the government is the least effective way to stimulate the economy and create more tax revenue for the Government. And interesting enough, you fail to include FICA, Med, State and local income, proprety and sales taxes in your charts. When included you'll find that overall your tax bill exce...more

Interesting reading but sounds a lot like one of those comic routines, you know the one that goes something like... " Oh, forget about what I said last week, I didn't know what I was talking about. What I really meant was...". What's worse is the kicker at the end... that , If you really want to know what's going to ha...more

"Nearly a third said they were doing the work themselves. Saving money was by far their biggest motivator." The next biggest motivator is getting the job done right. The next biggest motivator is not paying twice what the job is worth to a contractor who's using cheap labor and charging premium prices. I could go on...more

It never ceases to amaze me how the writers of these articles are so quick to make broad based predictions of the future based on current real time data and historical trends. Reminds one of weather men . So sure of their predictions at 7:00 AM in the morning, which are backed up with electronic wizardry, that is at th...more