I've been using my home-made  laundry detergent for several months now...although I only made the second batch last month, that's how long it lasts me! With a family of six, that's pretty good! For one bar of Fels-Naptha I use about 3 gallons water total, so I use an old 5-gal. paint bucket to store and refill a deterg...more

The author does have a job, which you could read about in her profile if you actually wanted to think; and her family situation is in her profile too. And the point is that if you stop looking at your phone long enough to glance at the sidewalk  a couple times each day, what you find might surprise you.

What they fail to point out is, so many who have a college degree are currently working at jobs that don't require the degree they have: many people have been turned away from the jobs they wanted because they were 'overeducated'.  I know many people personally who have masters degrees but work in a completely differen...more

Funny thing is that two of the guys on Mt Rushmore are Republicans, one belonged to the parent party of Dems AND Reps, and the other predated ANY official party (and received a unanimous vote!).  No hard-core Dems on Mt Rushmore, Barry!

He doesn't need to explain...Obviously, ​ his plan for the agreement would obstruct his re-election, and he wanted to keep it secret until he'd suckered voters again.

This "article" sounds like an ObamaCare commercial: "if only the US had socialized medicine, everyone could be happy!" My family has never lived in a truly high-cost of living area, but we lived on less than $40 k/yr for a long time and ALWAYS had health insurance! According to Wuorio, all Americans are "entitled" to...more

Very bad proposal. First, it's the DRIVER who is the problem, not the car. Second, what if you've run out of gas legitimately and are putting gas in a can, standing at the pump(no license plate), what then? and there are always ways around it, for those who would be banned. The potential for abuse is huge as well, in a...more

Indonesia in '98, Germany in the 30's, both are examples of what can happen when a government overspends--Currency ​ that's worth less than the paper it's printed on--like needing a $1000 bill to buy a pack of gum. Even in the US:  after the Great Depression started, the gov't tried to cut costs at the very first sig...more

Actually, my husband's retirement account earned 7.3% first quarter 2011, and some of his investments had double-digit return rates. One item lost money and a couple were less than 1%. It's not about what the market is doing right this second, it's about averaging and diversifying, and paying attention if something rea...more