I have been a member of Partners for Prosperity for a long time. There is an article on their website that is simply well written. Please take the time to read it. Love and Money: The Surprising Wealth Predictor The facts are not all that surprising when you look around.
I chuckled as I read the following clip on a Facebook post: I used to work at Walmart as a cashier. During tax free weekend, the place was a mad house. The lines were long and the customers were non-stop. That being said, I can say that at least 80 percent of customers would point […]
The pensions in the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, The Netherlands, Canada, Australia, China and India will have a projected unfunded liability of $428 Trillion dollars by 2050. That figure does not, and I repeat does NOT include health care costs. Why is this a major piece of information? First, this is only 30 years […]
That is a frightening headline. What makes it frightening is right now, according to the Government Accountability Office, over 330,000 student loans have not had a payment in over a year. Another 180,000 are more than a month delinquent. Yes, in the name of pursuing higher education for their children, hundreds of thousands of parents […]
Not very often do I just publish a link to an article, but occasionally there is an article worthy of so doing. This article reminds us that we must have powers of attorney for healthcare and finances at ALL ages. A statement of physicians or living will is vital for people of all ages. Even […]
That title is misleading. I am not saying you are dumb because you aren’t. But interest rates can be confusing and difficult to understand. In fact, even most bankers and lenders do not understand how they work. As a result, most people just think, “I want the lowest interest rate” without knowing exactly why. I am not here […]
As Americans finish yet another tax filing season, let’s take a look at the 104-year history of the income tax: Top Marginal Tax Bracket: Has varied from 7% (the initial rate introduce in 1913) to 94% in 1942. Of course the rate has been everywhere in between. Today this highest top marginal rate is 39.6%. […]
Every so often I come across a post that needs very little comment. Today is one of those times. This is the blog entry by Martin Armstrong. In the beginning of the entry there is a question posed about “Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force.” To which Mr. Armstrong, a […]
The Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI) just released a study showing that a retired couple could require as much as $350,000 to pay healthcare costs in retirement. That is for a couple who is 65 years old in 2016. The report gives multiple examples of difference circumstances and what are the potential health care costs […]
