@ Mirageguy   You are right to question whether our government treats all people equally, but wholly wrong to blame "liberals" for treating some people "more equal" than others.   The truth is that in government, like in almost all aspects of public life, money talks and almost all of the inequalities in the wa...more

Taxes have to come from somewhere, and it makes sense to tax things that end up costing the government more money. When people smoke more, more people get cancer, respiratory diseases, and cardiovascular disease. This significantly raises the overall cost of healthcare for everyone as well as the cost to the government...more

This article is deceptive and is designed to benefit those who sell financial products. It compares an immediate annuity to savings accounts where you don't touch the principal. Since you don't recover your initial investment with an annuity, the more appropriate comparison would be savings accounts where you reduce...more

This is an excellent story. You are very brave to share a very personal and painful part of your life. You do an excellent job of sharing your mindset through the decision making process... of revealing how much of the costs and purchasing process that you didn't see. I understand your struggle with whether you made th...more