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Your Money OR Your Life NEIL CAVUTO To Mom and Dad, Kathleen and Patrick Cavuto. You’ve left this world, but to this day you remain the guiding force in my world. CONTENTS Introduction 1 1 Your Money, but Not Your Whole Life 7 2 Fighting Terror 23 3 The Iraq War 31 4 Foreigners! 47 5 Honor, Duty, Country...Gratitude 63 6 71 7 Taking on Taxes 81 8 Deficits 101 9 Greenspan or Green-spin? 109 10 Bosses 119 11 Responsibilities 131 12 What About Bill? Pondering the Man from Arkansas 141 13 Taking Issues...With the Day 149 14 Advice 159 15 Right to Life 179 16 Rants! 185 17 Being Upbeat! 193 18 Being Right 203 19 Being Wrong 217 20 On Death and Dying 227 21 ... And Depth 253 Acknowledgments 275 Index 277 -About the Author -Other Books by Neil Cavuto -Credits -Cover-CopyrightINTRODUCTION some time back a friend of mine wanted to know how it was possible that I had the number one–rated daily business show on cable television. “I think I know,” he said. “It’s because you’re so weird.” He meant that in jest. But it resonated with me, because I think he was right. I am weird, and my show is weirder still. I don’t have a problem with weird. I like weird. I like weird chief executives, weird politicians, and weird moments in life. Ithink weirdness defines us, and that the best among us often are a little more unusual than the rest of us. That’s why I try not to distinguish between business news and general news. To me, the two are the same. Why distinguish and compartmentalize as if one side of the brain goes in one editorial direction and the other side in another direction? I don’t. I don’t think most people do, either. Just think of how business journalists limit themselves when they see the world through a business-only prism. They almost invite the rest of the world to tune out. It’s why I say, without a moment’s hesitation, that I value ratings. I really value the fact that a lot of folks watch me—not just rich folks, or investing folks, but