1. Great Expectations

Man Walks into a Bank...

For millions of Baby Boomers preparing for retirement, we live in an era of what can best be described as Romantic Illogic. Consider the curious case of Timothy J. Bowers. In Columbus, Ohio, Mr. Bowers, age 62, couldn’t find work, so he came up with a plan to make it through the next few years until he could collect Social Security. Mr. Bower’s plan was out of the ordinary, to say the least. He robbed a bank and then handed the money over to a guard and waited for the ...

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