Official government statistics don't include food or fuel in their inflation statistics. So for the huge segment of the population that neither eats or uses an automobile, there is no inflation! There you have it. Everything is just peachy.

Great post...........concentrate on government spending related to "entitlements" (read getting what you put into the program back) and forget all about what the government has spent to bail out the wall street banksters that caused the great recession! Pay to bail the banksters out. Pay the banksters through virtually...more

When Henry Ford innovated with the assembly line, a part of that innovation was a living wage and a 40 hour workweek. As they become more powerful, unions become corrupt like any other human organization. However, their underlying premise is what built the middle clas in this country. Look at the pay gap between Corpor...more

it is absolutely necessary that all pension money in all accounts be transferred to 401K! Otherwise, people who might outlive a defined benefit pension might get more money than they put in to the system and will cheat the banksters

Drake Savage nailed it............When you get a bit older, transitioning to "asset preservation" is paramount.

Gee, after a few decades of insider trading and little guy funded bailouts, it looks like the little guy isn't investing in a game fixed against him! Imagine that! I'm one of the little guys that left, and I'm never coming back. The article mentions investing in the US dollar. Seriously? The debt levels of this country...more

Hey Cool Breeze........Have you driven a Ford lately?  The new Focus and Fiesta are as good as or better than anybody else's car. The old line about American cars being inferior may apply to some American nameplates, but certainly not all.

I know more than a little bit about this subject. I've been teaching in a Mechanical Design program at a Wisconsin Technical College for 25 years. Prior to that, I worked in the electrical machinery (motors and generators) manufacturing sector for 7 years. In my opinion, the advantages of online learning for self motiv...more