I’ve been reading an article in The Washington Post about the fallout from the government shutting down the economy. The article tells the stories of several people who lost their jobs and are teetering on the brink of homelessness. One story was about a young woman who left her job because people at work kept […]
When you read the quiet parts, loud
When’s the last time you pulled out your retirement plan documents or your home loan and mortgage contract, or heck… your life insurance policy contract? Financial contracts are really complicated. Especially life insurance policies. OK, not all life insurance policies, but some of them are super-duper complex. They sometimes contain language like: “we may increase […]
1,500 year-old financial principle beats conventional financial planning tactics
Romans were smart doods. They used real honest-to-dog silver and gold for money. How do I know? One year, for my brother’s birthday, I hunted down one of the rarest of gems: a real life Daenerys (the coin, not “The Mother of Dragons”). The Daenerys was the official “coin of the realm” in ancient Rome. […]
There is no such thing as government funded healthcare
It’s all taxpayer funded. Everyone pays taxes. You. Me. Everyone. The difference between a “universal” healthcare option (which uses “community rating”) and a fully medically underwritten system is that the money passes through government hands first, which creates another layer of expense. That and community rating systems aren’t mathematically sustainable whereas fully underwritten systems are. […]
Hark the herald angels sing. The flight to safety, hear it ring
I got a text message the other day telling me to schedule my annual flu shot. Cool. Except… I already had my flu shot. But, wait. There’s more! Ever notice how when you go online, there are these ads that seem to “follow” you around, asking you to buy things you already bought? This is […]