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You are correct and yet incorrect. Yes, they pay Social Security and Medicare taxes. However: a) The reference was to Federal income tax estimator taxes, which are separate and distinct from SS and Medicare taxes. In fact, some of what are considered low-income earners pay a negative marginal Federal income tax rate, thanks to the Earned Income Tax Credit. b) Read More

I agree with you, but in my experience it's a waste of time to try to tell such people anything. When I was a kid, allergies were all 'in the heads' of the people suffering from them, depression was just self-indulgence, etc. Maybe these guys are the kind of people that would like to stay home if they didn't have to work, and they are projecting. No doubt your Read More

Robert, what you describe has been going on for almost 30 years - or has it taken microbrewery beer that long to make it to your neck definition of an alcoholic the woods? But to me, microbrews are the past. Once I moved to Germany at age 23 (in the 1980s), I never liked the microbrews, and never went back. Indeed, today as an alcohol abstainer, I actually Read More

Chris, I agree. It always surprises me how quick people are to ascribe the problems people have with debt (or anything else) to their own bad decisions. I'm not sure why that is, but I'm inclined to suspect it's a defense mechanism: As long as they can talk themselves into believing bad outcomes only come from bad decisions and (implicitly) that they would Read More

Agreed. About two decades ago, I relocated to a smaller town even while I continued to commute 50+ miles to Big City. I really liked my new home town and thought I might try to use the local job board to develop some leads for eventually finding a job closer to home. I went to the local unemployment office and asked to troll their jobs-bank. Before I was allowed Read More

Theodore, it sounds like you have an axe to grind. An MBA is a post-graduate degree in business name ideas, nothing more. It does not permit the holder to join some form of secret society. I've owned my own business for over 20 years and went back for an MBA a couple years ago. The experience has been phenomenal, opening the door to all sorts of new ideas and Read More

I have to say that I have been shocked and disappointed by the shallow obtuse simplistic remarks, as a child who grew up after a very unpleasent divorce it has signifantly affected the way that I handle my divorce. I remember the harsh comments and insults my parents would use to describe each other to my brother and myself, the absence of a father, it hurt. Read More

No president controls much, anymore. They are all at the mercy of big corporations, MIAC, etc, at our expense. The two party system doesn't work, as they block all others from entering the political arena and there is too much federal control over state's issues than is necessary or productive or even constitutional. e.g.; The justice dept's intention to sue Read More

Speaking as someone who is hip deep in this situation, none of these examples are even appropriate. Relocating a chronically ill patient is almost impossible and is foolish to even suggest. Achieving distance from an elderly, but functional, relative is only an emotional burden for the person relocating. Let's hear stories about people quitting a job their Read More

Amazing - total non-reporting by the end of heartache WSJ. yet sure to stir up comments with massive mis-information that reflects WSJ editorial page mis-information repeated back as near quotes. The SS trust fund bonds are assets, just like the bonds sold to China and Japan to finance the debt. Every dollar diverted from the payroll tax means the financing Read More