It Costs More To Be Gay, Dine With Warren Buffett, Good News For Students And More

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 It Costs More To Be Gay Christel de Vries, a Dutch outsourcing manager for Accenture, sealed her love for her female partner twice, once in 2001 in Amsterdam under Dutch law and again in 2007 in a civil union in New Jersey. Yet under U.S. federal law, she isn't married - and that is creating obstacles in her divorce. The 1996 Defense of Marriage Act rejected federal recognition of same-sex marriages in the United States and abroad and declared that no state need recognize a same-sex marriage in another state. The conflict between state and federal law - and between states - creates double worlds for gay marrieds in nearly every area of their financial lives. Senate GOP Blocks Paycheck Fairness Act Health Care Reform Could Have Saved People Hundreds Of Dollars A Year Prepaid Cards Offer Highest Savings Rates With A Catch White House Announcement Brings Good News For Students Warren Buffett: Join Me For A Steak BLOG POSTS Sen. Bob Casey: Eliminating the Pay Gap Nearly fifty years after President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act, prohibiting employers from discriminating on the basis of gender, women still earn significantly less than men for doing the same work. Today, Congress has a chance to do something about it. Richard Barrington: The Brighter Side for Deposit Accounts With interest rates scraping along just above zero, it's easy to grow frustrated with savings accounts and other bank deposit products. However, as uninspiring as savings account rates have become, the grass may not be greener anywhere else. Credit.com: 4 Programs That Want to Pay for Your College There are ways for students of all ages to earn college degrees without racking up mountains of debt. Here are some of the more popular programs people use to help pay for college and graduate school. Abby Huntsman: Obama Has Some Explaining to Do People won't be voting for Obama or Romney based on an exact unemployment rate or number of jobs created each month, they'll be voting based on whether they feel better or worse off after four years of the current President. Richard (RJ) Eskow: Dammit, Chris Matthews! You Were Doing So Well 'Til You Said "Simpson Bowles" Chris Matthews had something of a scoop on Morning Joe yesterday. He indicated that yet another Democratic leader in Congress has succumbed to the austerity-based political fever that's decimating that party on Capitol Hill.

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