Advice for Planning A Romantic Holiday
All couples must try to get away for a romantic trip somewhere from time-to-time. These romantic getaways allow you to reignite your relationship, spend quality time together, explore new places, try new things, More...
4 Things to Consider When Planning for Retirement
Part of planning for retirement means planning for expected and unexpected healthcare costs, which means you’ll need to start shopping for coverage well ahead of time. Turning 65 means you’ll be eligible More...
4 Ways to Deal Directly with Money Problems
When you’re having money problems, there’s a need to hit the brakes and look at the situation. This is the opposite of what we tend to do which is plow forward through the snow and hope it’ll get better! To More...
Rand Paul declares the Death of the Tea Party
Last week, the U.S. of Representatives voted through a massive budget-busting deal, 284 to 149, which the Senate passed this week, 67 to 28, and President Trump signed it. photo 401(K) 2012 via Flickr The budget More...
Barbara Lee attacks Trump’s cuts to SNAP, WIC, CHIP for illegals as ‘another blatant attack on poor people’
Congresswoman Lee released the following statement after Trump Administration announcement of proposed changes to the Public Charge rule: “This proposed rule is yet another blatant attack from the Trump Administration More...
Senate passes massive $854 billion spending bill with no funding for Trump’s ‘wall’
There will be no government shutdown, or even talk of one headed into the midterm elections. The Senate, by a 93-7 vote, passed an $854 billion spending bill, the bulk of the funding going to the departments of More...
Simple Ways to Save on Your Monthly Expenses
The cost of living keeps rising yet the wages remain stagnant. This leads to living expenses taking up a huge portion of your income but you must find ways to keep the expenses from eating into your savings allocation More...
Holiday Spending Shows that Politics Can’t Destroy Christmas
Despite a roller coaster ride through Washington in 2017, holiday spending shows that even politicians can’t destroy the spirit of Christmas. Early statistics show that 2017 holiday spending was up 3.8% over the More...
Trump sets ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ with Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi to permanently remove the debt ceiling
President Trump and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) have agreed to pursue a deal that would permanently remove the requirement that Congress repeatedly raise the debt ceiling, three sources told More...
Illinois budget can’t be passed as credit rating downgrade looms
Illinois Senate President John Cullerton plans to call a spending and revenue package for a vote on Tuesday. The Senate adjourned on Monday without taking votes on the revenue and spending measures, which had met More...
Former DHS head Janet Napolitano defended by Univ of California Regents, spending thousands on dinners, ‘jaw dropping’ expenses
The University of California’s governing board defended President Janet Napolitano against a critical state audit of her office and media coverage questioning thousands and thousands being spent on lavish parties More...
Robert De Niro goes Meryl Streep by ripping Trump during award speech
Robert De Niro may have made an amazing career acting, but is making headlines for his political rant in New York Monday night, attacking President Trump yet again. During his acceptance of The Film Society of More...
President Trump strikes down Obama Executive Order, halting required funds for Planned Parenthood, abortion clinics
President Donald Trump signed into law H.J. Res. 43, a resolution which allows states to withhold federal funds from facilities that provide abortions. H.J. Res. 43 overturns former President Barack Obama’s More...
Conservatives praise Trump’s budget slashing of departments, agencies while others attack
President Trump unveiled his first budget, cutting various domestic programs and increasing spending for defense, homeland security and the building of his southern border wall. Some conservatives are praising the More...
Bernie Sanders attacks Mike Mulvaney over defunding Planned Parenthood
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders grilled Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), the White House budget chief nominee, on Tuesday over his 2015 crusade to defund Planned Parenthood and his stance that Social Security is More...
New Report: Trump administration to cut Endowment of the Arts, privatize PBS
Just ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration was the story that the President will act quickly to approve budget-cutting plans that would outsource public radio and television financing while eliminating all More...
How to Deal with Medicare Overpayments
As of March 14th, 2016 all healthcare providers and physicians are required by law to report and repay any Medicare overpayments within 60 days of discovering them. Any overpayment that was discovered within 6 years More...
FreedomWorks’ Adam Brandon condemns Hillary Clinton’s ‘tax and spend’ plan
Following the release of an analysis of the budgetary impact of Hillary Clinton’s tax and spending policies, FreedomWorks CEO Adam Brandon issued this comment: “Nearly eight years of higher taxes and a skyrocketing More...
Marco Rubio skips Senate vote on $1.8 trillion spending bill
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio missed Friday’s Senate vote approving a $1.8 trillion end-of-the-year spending bill and tax package after telling supporters on the presidential campaign that he may try to slow the legislation More...
Air Force says their running out of bombs, need more money
The U.S. military says its 15-month bombing campaign on the Islamic State is depleting its munitions supply and that additional money and other support is “critical” for “the long fight.” “We’re More...
