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.
an agreement between the United States and a foreign government that is less formal than a treaty and is not subject to the constitutional requirement for ratification by two-thirds of the U.S. Senate. a quickly issued law. act stating that the president has the power to wage war, congress must declare war. President may wage war for 60 days, if congress has still not declared war, he must bring them back. 1973! This is trying to limit the power of the president.