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One big reason public employees are under siege in Wisconsin and other states is because they now enjoy more secure retirement benefits than most priv...

Most of us want to be physically fit, but very few of us are. The same holds true with financial security. As my father (and many others) used to say, "A lot of people want to go to heaven but no one wants to die to get there."

We have a financial system that has played to people's weaknesses. We have allowed people who are prone to instant gratification to have as much credit as they could get their hands on.

I am appalled that both presidential candidates have proposals that will make it easier for people to blow their 401(k) money.