Deficit Panel Targets You

You may have forgotten that there is a federal “fiscal commission” working since against a December 1 deadline to propose a plan for balancing the budget by 2015. The official title is the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. You haven’t heard much about it, have you? That’s because there is an election to take care of first. Read more

Riding the Foreclosure Gravy Train

I read an article this morning about an attorney in Florida who has become uber-wealthy because he runs a foreclosure processing business. He owns multiple mansions, exotic cars and a yacht. I tried to get angry about it but I really couldn’t. Read more

France is Great Except for the French

When the French are upset about having to retire later, they don’t wait for elections to change policy. They just shut the whole damn country down until they get their way. Unions run the country and the French run the unions. Ergo, France is a great place to be except for the French. Read more

Foreclosure Investigations = Delaying the Inevitable

You have to be impressed with the ability of the popular media to generate sound and fury over nothing. This time it’s over foreclosure paperwork.

That’s all its about – paperwork. Read more

Business School is a Waste of Time and Money

I have ranted plenty about MBA grads and MBA programs. Just recently, I learned of someone who is trying to do something about the MBA problem. Josh Kaufman, founder of PersonalMBA.com, puts it straight out there:  Business school is a waste of time and money.

Bingo. Read more

Your So-Called Rewards Cards Exposed – Again

Many personal finance bloggers dedicate a lot of words (and affiliate links) discussing rewards credit cards. According to these writers and their eager-beaver reward-chasing readers, rewards credit cards are a gift to consumers from the benevolent card companies: Visa, MasterCard, and AmEx. In the past and again today, I am calling BS on this entire concept. Read more

Retirement Planning and Blogging from Orlando

I wrote a few weeks ago about winning a blog contest sponsored by AARP. The prize was a trip to Orlando for the annual get-together of 25k AARP members. That’s what I’ve been doing the past few days. That’s also why I haven’t written anything here. It’s all been on my Go To Retirement blog. Read more