Taxes too high? Actually, as a share of the nation’s economy, Uncle Sam’s take this year will be the lowest since 1950, when the Korean War was just getting under way. And for the third straight year, American families and businesses will pay less in federal taxes than they did under former President George W. [...]

The media and the credit reporting companies have done an excellent job promoting the notion of having a good credit score, almost too good a job because people seem to think that their credit score is the most important aspect of their financial life. Getting out of debt is secondary. Saving for retirement is secondary. [...]

Less than a month after President Obama signed the tax cut compromise, millions of American workers are already seeing the impact show up in their paychecks from the payroll tax cut – here are some numbers on just that cut alone:

Now that the nation is slowly coming out of one of the worst recessions ever, the question is: Is it safe to buy a house now? Since real estate was one of the larger dominoes in the collapse, this is an important question. Having a house is part of the American Dream, but that dream [...]