Joe finds a new job and at age 35 is now making $55,000 a year. At this point he should have $82,500 saved for retirement. How to get there: Check in on your portfolio to make sure you're taking on enough risk to grow your investments. If retirement is 30 years away, you should have about 80% of your assets in the stock market.
The president of the United States can, in theory, launch nuclear war by personal decisionâwithout any checks or balances. Whether we really think any of the candidates for president in 2016 would cavalierly start a nuclear war, the bombastic and bizarre character of much of this yearâs electoral debate should make us take this question seriously. Someday, the United States really could have a mentally ill president who chose to do the unthinkable.
Wilson warned Germany that another action like that would draw America into the war. Another event that led the president to ask Congress to declare war was the Zimmermann Telegram. In it Germany promised Mexico land from the US, when they annexed it if they joined the German's side in the war. This helped Wilson realize the US was going to get involved in the war eventually. Lastly, When Germany reinstated their policy of unlimited submarine warfare against all nations; Wilson broke off all diplomatic relations with Germany. Two months later, President Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany.