Why do people give money to candidates who have no chance of winning?
FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: If you go to the race track, do you bet your money on a three-legged horse? No – you bet your money on a four-legged horse that has a chance of winning the race. So why is it...
View ArticleWhat does it mean when Americans make up half of the world's richest 1%?
FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: When I read these numbers I was stunned. I had no idea that Americans make up fully one half of the world's richest 1%. When you look at the world's population as a whole, it...
View ArticleCan you afford to get old?
FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: Can you afford to get old? In case you weren't already worried about your retirement, now comes word that it's getting more expensive to get old. The International Monetary...
View ArticleWhat can be done about the deepening polarization in America?
By CNN's Jack Cafferty: The polarization of America is like a cancer that is slowly killing us. And like many forms of cancer, there appears to be no cure. We are more severely divided now than at any...
View ArticleWhere do political contributions rank on your list of spending priorities?
By CNN's Jack Cafferty: Many Americans are hurting - big-time - from a lousy economy. But that doesn't stop the politicians, shameless creatures that they are, from holding their hands out for campaign...
View ArticleDo you have a problem with Mitt Romney's money?
By CNN's Jack Cafferty: One in five voters has a problem with Mitt Romney's money. According to a new Gallup Poll, 20% of those surveyed say Romney's net worth of over $200 million makes them less...
View ArticleWhy has government become so financially irresponsible?
By CNN's Jack Cafferty: It didn't used to be this way. Our government - local, state and federal - didn't always spend money like a drunken sailor and run up astronomical debts. In recent weeks, three...
View ArticleHow much money would it take for you to "feel" wealthy?
By CNN's Jack Cafferty: Turns out $1 million still isn't enough money to make some people feel rich. A new survey of millionaires finds more than one-quarter of them say they don't feel wealthy, but...
View ArticleIs the redistribution of wealth President Obama's answer to America's problems?
By CNN's Jack Cafferty: His critics have called him a socialist who wants to redistribute the wealth of the nation from the haves to the have-nots. Now a newly surfaced 1998 clip of then-Illinois State...
View ArticleHow will the fiscal cliff affect the way you handle your money?
By CNN's Jack Cafferty: Picture the United States in the convertible at the end of the movie "Thelma and Louise" as it hurtles toward the cliff and the demise of the car's occupants. A bit melodramatic...
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