I didn't miss out as you incorrectly assume. Problem is colleges are turning out students with huge amounts of loan debt and less jobs are being created to absorb the ever expanding pool of eligible workers with our increasing population. True birth rates are down, but immigration still more than makes up for that. Fac...more

Is that why the Labor Participation Rate is at 63.3%, the lowest since 1979 and those workers 62 years of age and older are the fastest growing age group in the work force because the can't afford to retire? Warrior for the middle class my a$$. Grandparents shouldn't have to live with their kids just to survive, and yo...more

The "Warriors Of The Middle Class" are manipulating and trying to hide the train wreck we are racing head long into. Student loan debt is excluding so many from being able to purchase homes and the tax payer will be on the hook for trillions in delinquent student loan debt. We still aren't out of the woods with foreclo...more

RIGHT. Wall Street was a cottage industry before the 401K and those elaborate buildings were built on fees. Most unions still have defined pensions and the employers can offer 401Ks in addition to the union plans. Your statement about replacing union pensions is without merit. The 401K was conceived as a pension for hi...more

The 401K was originally designed as a tax shelter for those making 200K or more. When Wall Street found out that they could buy the politicians and make piles of money in up front and hidden fees, they set to work moving everyone from conventional defined benefit pensions to 401K's. The Wall Street investment and banki...more

Not to the degree of the US government. Just watch what revelations rear their uglyness after the 2014 mid-term elections.

Falling revenues are going to impact profits since companies are running out of options when it comes to squeezing out costs between the top and bottom lines. This is already beginning to become more evident, with many earnings guidance being revised downward.

2 out of 10 aspired to attain success, most through hard work and personal sacrifice. I am by no means in that top 20%, and I don't feel that putting more american companies at a total competitive disadvantage globally will solve anything. Economic prosperity is the key to raising the standard of living across the boar...more

Nothing about Obamacare will save anyone a dime. It hasn't even been fully enacted and it's impact is being felt already with higher premiums and businesses holding back on hiring and capitol investment. Big business knows anything the government takes on in the area of healthcare is bound to be a disaster of epic prop...more