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I just read recently how it's OK in Michigan and CA casinos for those on welfare to use their state welfare on gambling. The cards are accepted at the casinos.
This is ridiculous!

Carol of NJ 2:06PM August 29, 2010

You see a number of aging hippies and senior citizens at the Las Vegas casinos. They have little in the way of savings and are playing at the slots hoping to hit the "big one" in order to make ends meet. Kind of sad as in the long run you cannot beat the casinos at their own game. Others hope that the government will take care of them the rest of their lives...and they are in their early 60's and as the article mentions really never grew up.

RonNV of NV 11:33AM August 30, 2008

It's not about becoming frugal. It's about growing up at last. The past forty years have seen way too many adolescents reaching retirement age. The self-centered, me, me, me has led to one million bankruptcies! the same numbner of foreclosures and bailouts that mean the few grownups out there are footing the bill. Being an adult is not so bad. I hope a few of the childish adults out there give it a go.

of 7:09PM August 27, 2008

The retail "therapy" needs to be replaced by the therapy of saving something for tomorrow. For this to work right, plain old bank savings accounts need to be paying interest that actually exceeds inflation. Until you have a President appointing a Fed Chairman who both understand this, Americans will be stupid non-saving deadbeats. There has to be a reward, not a penalty, for savings. And, no, not the stock market.
Real conservatives conserve something. At the moment we only have the phony kind of "conservatives'---a bunch of liar bums.

of 11:08AM August 27, 2008