My Comments: I know, I know, I promised to add stuff that was more positive going forward. Only it’s hard to find. And as I age, along with you, I’m reminded that given medical advances, both of us might be dead by now had we lived a 100 years ago. But we’re not, and that’s …
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I hope the title got your attention. My plan is to draw a parallel between our military and diplomatic efforts in Afghanistan and helping our teen age children mature into young and self-sufficient adults. This insight came to me as I read a book by Robert B. Parker. Among his leading characters has been a …
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My Comments: Yes, I’ve been a partisan Democrat all my adult life. I’ve not always voted along party lines, but I’m clearly not among the 1%, so I think I have a better understanding of what the rest of us face on a daily basis about paying bills, saving for the future, dealing with health …
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For those of you who pay attention and want to time the market, here’s this weeks best summary:
My Comments: The author of this article has a blog about investments that is both entertaining and informative. As much as anything, he doesn’t take himself too seriously, which is a fault many of us have. It’s long, but a good one... by Jeffrey Dow Jones Turns out our newsletter last week on China was …
My Comments: As we Americans try to deal with the conflict between controlling the amount of national debt and the need to continue to prime the pump to encourage economic recovery, there surfaces from time to time several issues dealing with Social Security. Is it going bankrupt? Will it be there for our children in …
My Comments: To hear the Republicans tell it, the issue of having those who make more money pay more in tax is not only brand new, it's subversive, grossly unfair, and clearly a Democratic Party plot to socialize the country. How dare you? by Bonnie Lee / Taxpertise / Published April 12, 2012 Back in …
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The Supreme Court can wring their hands about penalizing people who don’t buy health insurance. But it’s actually been that way for a long time. My Comment: One has to wonder what all the fuss is about! By Matthew Yglesias The idea of financially penalizing people for not buying health insurance sounds dodgy, even repugnant. …
How the Affordable Care Act Impacts Vision and Dental Plans My Comments: We’re still waiting to hear what the Supreme Court is going to say about the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Personally, I don’t have a problem with the mandate and while I have reservations about some of the provisions …
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Globalization's Future Depends on Stable U.S.-China-India Order My Comments: The word economics is enough to give some people the heebie jeebies. And you may be wondering why in the world I would devote at least one blog post every week to this idea which so effectively causes people to shut down. After all, the reason …
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