Is Reducing the Retirement Age to 60 a Good or Bad Idea?

Congressman, Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) recently announced he will introduce a bill designed to create a million jobs for unemployed workers by allowing people who have reached 60 to take early retirement.  The question is, how can adding to the growing roles of those on Social Security and other government-run/taxpayer-funded programs possibly be good for the [...]

What I Learned at a Health Care Town Hall Meeting in Alhambra, CA

Several thousand people recently attended the Alhambra Town Hall meeting, just outside Los Angeles. I was among them and hoped there would be a discussion about the proposed health care reform plan coming out of the House committee just before the congressional recess. Many of us were disappointed, because the meeting turned out [...]

PreBoomer Musings - Blogged