This is the usual bs.  Where do you get 5% compounding anymore?  You have to put money in the market and that is now no different from playing the slots.   The banks need to be regulated alright and they need to start giving real interest again...they give nothing but if you borrow, they charge a fortune.  The mob woul...more

Thanks for the info. I found it helpful.  First of all, since we have record unemployment, a shrinking middle class whose wages have not risen in over a generation, those of us who are lucky enough to have a job where we work the hours of two jobs to stay employed, can hardly think about putting aside money for a downp...more

Whoever is behind this one is a shill for the status quo and is talking to the audience with the presumption that we are idiots....insulting, ​ to say the least.  For one thing, we know we always imported certain food stuffs and that continues to be ok.  What we're talking about here is that we don't manufacture anyt...more

Ridiculous!  What percentage of the U.S. population even makes six figures?  3-4%?  How about writing something useful for real people for a change?  Like, how are we going to survive when the Republicans have managed to turn Social Security over to Wall Street so they can charge big fees and effectively gamble it away...more