OK!!! time to give my two cents worth. I will begin by not bashing any person, party, gender, politician or human being.  We are all to blame for complacency.  After the second world war we became a manufacturing machine. We innovated, educated, motivated and secured a nation that was militarily strong, reasonably good...more

Geeeezzz!!!! a great article to scare the SS recipients out out of their skin.  Cut back, garage sale, luxury items, expensive cars, eating out, newspapers, cable tv and even electricity.  Generally speaking , folks on SS primarily can not cut back on anything, they have nothing to cut back on.  Normal expenses,medical...more

To Gordon Levy;   Gee, are you as misinformed as you have written or as dumb as you sound? For Your information sunshine Obama had nothing to do with the 2 plus trillion dollars missing from the trust fund which is now broke. The united states congress has STOLEN the money over many years and gave the trust fund an...more

I just have one question.  Who appraised that home for $330,000.00?  In my area that home would be condemned.

Have a savings account with Chase and a card that only allows cash withdrawal from the account. Have a savings account with Wells Fargo and a debit/cash withdrawal card that I only use to withdraw cash.  Have just enough cash in these accounts to draw cash if needed and they are the only bank in the area I may be in at...more

So much info to pass along and so little space to provide it.  First...I am a senior 69 years of age on medicare. I have a family practitioner, cardiologist, urologist, orthopedic surgeon and an ear, nose and throat doctor as well as a local hospital. I see all the physicians on an as needed basis except for my cardiol...more

Just returned from a trip to the Northeast and Quebec Canada.  Came down with a sore throat, stuffy nose and bad cough all at the same time. I spoke with the hotel front desk and they advised I go to the hospital.  I thought oh oh I am an american citizen who will not be covered by my insurance.  Saw two doctors, had a...more

Food prices around the country do vary.  First off coupons, a good way to reduce costs for food and non food items.  We always stock up on specials pricing for cereals, bread, canned goods, soups, chips, soft drinks and gatorade type drinks.  Household cleaners and laundry detergents go on sale at least every second mo...more

Jubak!!! you hit it right on the head.  In the last 3 months all of the help wanted sights on the web posted over 3,000,000 jobs.  Guess what, most jobs go unfilled because we refuse to educate ourselves or re-educate ourselves in the industries that are hiring.  All I hear about are the illegal's and foreigners that a...more