I think it's more like "all jobs contain a certain amount of shittiness, therefore if you're going to complain about the shittiness of a particular job, it should a job that people take out of desperation to feed their families, not a job held by people who could easily fix the problem by walking away such as, for…

Hey, just because that's true and funny doesn't mean... nm

Bingo. Your pining away = your problem. If you want to pursue a romantic relationship with someone, ask them out; that resolves the matter pretty quickly one way or the other.

In many states, doctors are likely to ignore the instructions of someone with a power of attorney if they conflict with that doctor's medical judgment. A living will sets forth your wishes clearly and makes it much more likely that your wishes will be carried out by medical personnel.

I second the lawyer recommendation. Lawyers have the advantage of 1) knowing the law (hopefully!), 2) being objective (or pessimistic), allowing them to prepare for outcomes you don't want to think about, and 3) has the experience to consider a lot of possible future scenarios that you might not otherwise envision.

Short answer: No. The account is held in common between the joint account holders. The money belongs to the joint account holder before you die as well as after. Your death doesn't effect the joint account holder's interest in the account.

If his behavior were "thuggish," then yes. It was not. Thug implies violence, not smack talk. Sherman was unsportsmanlike and rude and I do not think that people should generally behave as he did; however, he was not behaving like a thug.

There are other possible explanations: Everyone is stupid and doesn't know…

This is Regressing, where the import of data are discussed. It is not the isolated use of the word that is interesting, it is the huge spike in its usage. Nobody is saying that you don't have a right to say the word "thug," just that the huge increase in its usage requires explanation. There is a gap between the…

Okay, I'll bite. Here's a dictionary definition of "thug" that suits Sherman to a "t":

Yep. And the trustee would, in all likelihood, sell your hot tub (and possibly shoes) and distribute those funds to your creditors. One of the reasons that student loans are different is that you are acquiring an intangible asset that the trustee can't do anything with and that you can continue to enjoy after the…

That's if you take the total amount collected and subtract the amount paid in principal on new loans. This is pretty poor way to estimate the profitability of lending decisions.

You are correct. That is largely the point of cosigners. I can sympathize with (1) how bad some loan companies can be to deal with generally, (2) how difficult and painful it can be to go through the process of reporting a loved one's death to a faceless bureaucracy, and (3) how bad it must be to feel that extra…

Ironically, the cost of education is heavily influenced by measures designed to increase access to education. Making student loans easier to get than other loans had the unfortunate effect of driving up the price of tuition relative to other goods and services.

The fact that the loans aren't forgiven upon death simply means that the loan company may (or may not) make a claim to be paid out of the deceased's estate. In this case, I imagine that would mean collecting exactly nothing and extinguishing the indebtedness. The issue here was that mom was a cosigner, and therefore…

Stop trying to change the narrative. The narrative cannot be changed.

I am not certain I would indict feminism for this, but this post certainly seemed to create its own double standard: that women are oppressed by gender norms that are beyond their ability to overcome, while men are somehow completely free to ignore the influence of gender norms and are therefore completely to blame if…

Just commenting to complement you on the most informative headline on this topic I have seen in any non-legal outlet :)

It should read "U.S. is still the only industrialized nation without national laws requiring paid maternity leave." Most employers are required to provide unpaid maternity leave, and many offer some amount of paid leave. It is not an ideal situation by any measure, but it is not quite as dire as your comment…

Thomas gets a pass because he 1) cooperated with the Mitchell report (all by his lonesome), 2) argued for more stringent testing and more accountability at every step of the way from 1995-the present. Also, he was always a huge guy who never saw changes to his body that could be associated with PEDs and didn't have…

I have looked at the stats. They say something along the lines of "Thomas was significantly better at hitting than Bagwell was." Thomas is significantly more comparable to the greatest hitters of all time than Bagwell was. They had some similar stats. They had some dissimilar stats. Thomas comes out on top in ANY…