On 3/18/2012 6:03 PM, Maureen wrote: > > It's a bit of a leap of logic to take the actions of one poorly > educated person and label an entire class of people as ignorant.
Financially ignorant. > Although I will agree with that throwing money at it is not the > solution. Education about how to manage money would be a much better > tactic. People complain about the state of social security. Well, if people knew how to plan for retirement, it might not be as much of an issue. I am not suggesting making everyone millionaires, as that just isn't possible, but enough to live on without government assistance after retiring is the goal. I would be willing for social welfare to come with a few strings attached, namely that the recipient is required to become educated in the basic principles of finance, if they are able. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348728 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm