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Comments:

• "yet 34 million of us don’t have consistent access to enough food."

  • yes, for sure, I see rail-thin starving Americans everywhere I go
  • give me a break, the #1 nutritional problem of poor Americans is obesity!

  Post: Going Bananas

  Link to comment from August 23, 2023

• The real answer is: nobody knows. Medicare is DESIGNED to be a confusopoly - it's so complicated and confusing no one understands it, or can determine what is best for them.

  Post: Which is better, traditional Medicare or Medicare Advantage?

  Link to comment from July 22, 2023

• Nothing in finance produces endless "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin" articles more than retirement withdrawal rates.

  Post: Our Exit Strategy

  Link to comment from July 19, 2023

• Older folks who worry about their thinking and memory have normal aging brains. Older folks with dementia insist they have no problems with their thinking or memory.

  Post: Don’t Delay

  Link to comment from December 28, 2022

• I've been investing since 1979, and have yet to see a consensus of economists predict future inflation correctly. How about you go back 12 - 24 months and see how well the oracles of Goldman Sachs and Bank of America predicted our current inflation?

  Post: Almost Done

  Link to comment from October 19, 2022

• Customer service is so awful today that companies that actually provide it will crush the competition. That's one of the reasons why Vanguard has over one trillion dollars in assets under management - they actually answer the phone.

  Post: Barely Holding On

  Link to comment from September 10, 2022

• I'm not sure retiring, and then waiting 14 years to tap tax-deferred accounts is the optimum plan. Was all that sacrifice really necessary to be financially secure?

  Post: A Bridge to My 70s

  Link to comment from August 31, 2022

• One thing among the negative responses is consistent: excuses. Excuses are for people who don't take responsibility for things. There is a term for such people: irresponsible.

  Post: Man Overboard

  Link to comment from July 9, 2022

• This is the first time and first place in the history of hominids where the number one nutritional problem of the poor is obesity.

  Post: Saving Your Life

  Link to comment from June 13, 2022

• This time it's different.

  Post: Paying Myself

  Link to comment from April 16, 2022