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This week, a reader wrote in with a request: "Please stop saying, 'Do like I do.'"

It's a phrase my longtime subscribers know well. It's become a catchphrase of mine.

We're no strangers to controversy here at Retirement Millionaire Daily.

But we were shocked at the feedback we got this week.

In the office, they call me "the codger."

It's meant in good humor, but as with most jokes, it carries a bit of truth...

Doc, I think we started a revolution...

That was the response of both my assistants after they read through the flood of messages we received after our last Q&A issue of Retirement Millionaire Daily.

I'm sick of this mindless mantra...

On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") published guidelines to bully the food industry into lowering sodium levels in foods to "recommended" levels. It's a huge overreach of government power.

For some folks, gold isn't an investment... It's a religion.

I don't agree with that approach. In my letters, we approach gold like any investment... We set emotion aside and look at the facts. And we get a lot of questions on gold... especially in times of market volatility and fears of catastrophe.

After Wednesday's issue, "The Only Broker You Should Be Using," we were flooded with e-mails of readers sharing their experiences with their brokers.

We even had one broker who switched sides...

I spent many years as a "full service broker" and made a good living at it. When I took note of the momentum being created by the online discount brokers in the early '90s it got my attention. I was mainly bothered by the fact that for so many of my clients, I really wasn't providing much service other than trade execution so I decided rather than fight them, join them... which I did and never looked back. Yes, I took a pay cut but was sleeping well at night because I had the confidence that I was working entirely for the client and not being steered by my company or other personal motivations.

I retired a few years ago and am still happy with the decisions I made in my later years. Your article is spot on. – M.S.

Our readers are too kind...

After last week's Friday Q&A, we received dozens of e-mails thanking us for our "common sense" advice.

Common sense.

It's the approach I use for improving my wealth, health, and retirement. A lot of the advice I've given over the years is common sense.

Most folks think the greatest risks to their health are the things they don't know...

Like whether something is healthy or not... or if there is a killer chemical lurking in their kitchen cabinets that they haven't ever heard about.