Collecting My Thoughts

Who are they kidding? $20/hour in California for an unskilled teen-ager, or recently released prisoner? Minimum wage was never intended to ...

 Recently we've been discussing costs of retirement communities with various friends who have made the move, or are anticipating one.  T...

I've often been suspicious of the memes that claim no one can afford the middleclass lifestyle enjoyed in the 50s-60s when many families...

http://www.hsh.com/finance/mortgage/salary-home-buying-25-cities.html#cleveland In Pittsburgh home buyers would need an annual income of $...

Comparatively speaking, food was more expensive in 1962 than today, according to this chart. In 1962 we bought our first home, $14,000, but ...

If I had $542 to spend at the grocery store with or without food stamps ($542 a month for a family of 4 earning $26,856 per year), here...