Yes, it would cost more and (as the original poster mentioned) if it did cost more they could not have passed the changes without a two thirds majority in the senate. This is because someone introduced a rule back in the day (was it Byrd? Uncertain.) that if anything was projected to add more than $1.5 trillion to the…

It’s not just CA. Maybe it’s not Missouri, but it’s a lot of blue states. Is Missouri considered a blue state? I’m asking because I always think of you as more purple...

Most of us don’t want to live in Mississippi, that’s why we don’t live in Mississippi.

True. Still, many of the forms of retirement savings that exist now did not exist when most boomers entered the workforce. I think the 401 (k) started being used for retirement in 1981? But your employer had to participate, and many employers did not. The IRA has supposedly been available since 1975 or 1976? I worked…

Unrelated, but your end sentence reminded me of the single greatest sentence I ever overheard. Said by a woman near the Granville El stop almost 10 years ago to her friend. B0th were drinking out of bottles in brown paper bags, “That motherfucking motherfucker better motherfucking quit motherfuckering me the…

Who is sarcasm for? Besides even me.

If Obama had behaved, even once, like the GOP did about him (and afterward), it would have been “angry black man” from here to eternity. Trump’s (or McConnell’s or Ryan’s etc.) appalling behavior, compared to Obama’s carefully neutral behavior, is just white privilege writ large in my opinion.

Being considerate is for godless suckers. Apparently.

I’m going to cross stitch “sacrificing comfort for honesty” on a throw pillow. A super uncomfortable throw pillow. Great phrase.

So, that must be Michelle’s favorite show, then?

I think she looks pretty good for a woman who committed four felonies, maybe spent some time in the clink before booking, and doesn’t have access to make up. Bone structure does not let you down, I guess. I wouldn’t know, I always look like I’m smuggling food in my cheeks. Which is why I choose not to commit four…

Yeah, east St. Louis will give you pause in parts. Parts of the south side of Chicago will also give you pause. As will parts of Detroit. Gary is Gary. Definitely not great. But I wouldn’t call it the worst.

Oh, come on. Gary’s a mess, but it’s no worse than a lot of other places. Had an Auntie who lived there for decades. It’s mostly empty, therefore not as scary as it could be. Because it’s empty. Mostly it makes me sad.

I think they’re going to have to do more loan forgiveness in the future, and I was really hoping to see that start soon. Unfortunately, it looks like this administration will do less. School was affordable in my time. Not now no more. Here’s what I point out to my boomer peers: who is going to buy the stocks and bonds…

I’ve been assuming that since I was in my 20s. I’m about 14 years away from Social Security now and I’m assuming I won’t see one thin dime. Don’t ask me what I paid in—I actually know and It hurts my head. What I didn’t expect is that there may be no medicare. If that comes true—no way my money will make it.

You’ve got time. At 40 I had 1/6 of one year’s salary (so I would have been jealous of you) and didn’t own property. Then I got my first job with a retirement program. Today (at 56) I’m at 4.5 times my annual salary and I’ve got a condo and a half paid off mortgage. Not great, but moving in the right direction. Which…

Yeah, I get that this guy think parents are invested in kids eating well but in my experience parents are invested in keeping kids quiet and calm. I have been in many restaurants where I have heard some version of, “How can you expect me to come back when you don’t have a kids menu?” The kids menus probably is bad for…

This article is actual. There are articles here and there that have a fair amount of opinion, but this is not one of them. The fact that you don’t take issue with any particular aspect of what is reported here says a lot. Like, if you know things to be different, raise those issues. If you just don’t like the article…

Or it could be that they are reporting how these things actually affect regular people. It could be that.

I understand Rose McGowan’s rage. I also don’t want this to turn into “Why didn’t women stop Harvey Weinstein from doing what he was doing?” Weinstein (and other men) did it; they are responsible. I’m not saying women like Chapman shouldn’t spend some time thinking about their choices if they knew something. But I…