Grant Money For College

(WHO GETS WHAT: Billions to colleges and students) This is something to keep your eye on the government has all allowed a large amount of money for students to continue their education with the stimulus package. If you are a student or have some interest in going back to school this could be an interesting way to do it. If you get laid off an are looking to move your career in a certain direction this might be a perfect chance. Stay tuned to the exact words that are made law to possibly take advantage of the government stimulus.

Goverment Funding Retirement

(Uncle Sam can fund retirement - Obama) Here is an article detailing the plans for Obama to help lower and middle income families save for retirement. Can someone please explain to me why we are giving money away to people for retirement when our current government assistance for retirement (Social Security) is floundering. If we can come up with the extra money to hand out why can't we look into fixing the situation government already started? How in the world do you prevent people from dipping into that IRA match? People can't save, but they sure can look like they are saving if you are going to throw $500 a year at them. There is nothing in this plan to keep the money in the IRA. Everyone has been paying into Social Security and unless fixed it will have funding problems. Why do the low and middle earners get extra government assistance to save for retirement while we all still dump money into a program with a problem. Why can't we be fair and look at fixing a program that was already started?