The joke our genes and our years play on us is to leave us, as parents, forever with this weird column of figures scribbled on our souls, ones that make no sense, no matter how long you squint at them or how hard you try to make them work.

BBC: A Point of View: The pain when children fly the nest

These expressions may sound important--and like the official language of a club you'd like to join--but they make no sense.

FORBES: Magazine Article

But if you're no longer claiming the deduction, it may make sense to start paying down that debt rather than investing the money.

WSJ: Retirees' Big Question: 'Should I Pay Off the Mortgage?

We've launched an historic reform effort, as you know, to review past rules for those that no longer make sense.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Austerity will be far more than penance, it will be a specifically designed assault on our economy for no reason other than the mystic sense that spending more than you make is sinful.

FORBES: Why Austerity Might Not Be Kind To Investors in 2013

Hey, no one ever said that a tax system actually has to make sense you know.

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