Majority of Supreme Court members millionaires

Ginsburg, Breyer top list of wealthiest justices

The Center for Public Integrity posted a superb article by Reity O’Brien and Chris Young.

Supreme Ct.“At least five and perhaps as many as eight of the nine members of the U.S. Supreme Court are millionaires according to recently released financial disclosures, and only two hold any consumer debt.

Assets on the forms are reported in a range making it impossible to say precisely how much each justice is worth, but suffice to say, none of them are hurting financially. Continue reading

The mattress safe – the latest way to bank with confidence

My Mattress Savings BankEuropeans are a stone’s throw across the pond and what happens there eventually, like the Beatles, happens here. Many in the Euro-zone are asking each other and themselves:

Is your money safe in the bank? Obviously not if you deposited large sums in Cyprus – where the decision to raid savings accounts has rung alarm bells in other countries teetering on the bank bailout high-wire,” posts  of the UK’s Guardian News. Continue reading