The statistic showing that a woman, on average works less (only 88% of what an average man works) is an important part of this story.  It indicates that women are more likely to work part time, which typically pays less than a similar full time job.  Also keep in mind that there was no statistic given showing how men a...more

So the story is trying to tell us that the mint is running out of coins  because people are NOT buying gold and silver?  That is probably the most backward premise I have seen on an MSN story.

Well that was a load of crap. Showing your drivers license to get cold medicine does not sound harder than filling out the form required to get a background check for a gun. None of these examples are very compelling, and some of them are not even a result of laws but rather a company reducing risk (cell phone companie...more

It could be that there is a significant portion of people who qualify for these handouts who prefer to be self reliant.  There have been a number of times when my family and I could have benefited from a number of programs, but we made a choice to cut back on our expenses and avoid essentially taking money from those w...more

I think you are quite misguided in you view on this.  I look forward to some black friday shopping, and I give over 10% of my income to charity.  I believe that the number of people in this country who cannot work and who, in no way are to blame (i.e. they earned all the education they could, are putting forth every ef...more