That is especially important as more young people must take on huge debt loads to go to college.

It's pretty much how we get anything added to the curriculum. When parents said children needed to be computer literate, the schools started responding. The same thing is true of basic financial literacy.

Bernie Sanders brought millions of people into the political process.

Paul Ryan looks around, sees three unemployed workers for every job opening in America, and blames the people who can't find a job.

I think having a fighter in the lead, a female fighter in the lead, is exactly what America needs.

Get out of debt. In a world of stagnant incomes and rising core expenses like mortgage and health care costs, that's a lot easier said than done. The middle class is under enormous pressure. But families can stop the bleeding by reducing their reliance on debt wherever they can. They can also start fighting back by taking a hard look at whom they do business with and rethinking whether they want tricks-and-traps banks to hold their money. They can also demand that public officials take the side of families over the side of banks.

Сount dollars, not pennies. Look at the big-ticket items, in your budget.