working class

Could Americans be in danger of growing too old, so old in fact that they outrun their retirement savings? That is the conclusion of a new Government Accountability Office study, which suggests that Americans are increasingly worried about the prospect it could happen to them. "Today, couples...

During the 2008 Presidential elections, it was the cartoon image on JoethePlumber.com that got America's turn-of-the-millennium perception of the trades just right, complete with pot belly, schlumpy pants, blue cap and "plumber crack." (Now that the one Joe the Plumber is famous, the site's been...