Even if the candles don't all fit on the cake, there's extra reason to celebrate some key older birthdays in the post-meltdown economy. Hitting certain milestones can provide financial and health-related security that those with their eye on retirement long took for granted but don't any more.
NCPA President John C. Goodman discusses economic impact of Senate health reform bill on CNBC's Squawk Box. View Video
NCPA Senior Fellow H. Sterling Burnett told the Dallas Morning News "the perception is that Washington knows best; they know what the problems are in regard to pollution and the rubes out in Middle America don't."
Millions of Americans are panicked about how the current market will effect their retirement nest egg and it's causing them to make needless and expensive mistakes, according to a new report by the National Center for Policy Analysis
For young adults, many of whom do not have health insurance coverage, the health care reform bill will add a new and costly expense into their budgets.
Al Gore said the other week that climate change is "a principle in physics. It's like gravity. It exists." Sarah Palin agreed that "climate change is like gravity," but added a better conclusion: Each is "a naturally occurring phenomenon that existed long before, and will exist long after, any governmental attempts to affect it."
People have a great deal of control over whether or not their retirement will be comfortable. Millions of Americans are preparing for retirement by saving in tax-favored retirement accounts – principally Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and employer-sponsored 401(k) plans. But savers must be aware of common practices that can derail even the best-laid retirement plans.
As Congress continues to debate sweeping health care legislation, reports indicate the threat of greater regulation is already hiking costs as drug companies are reportedly raising prices in anticipation of lost income due to expanded taxes and fines, along with concerns about expiring patents.