The reason we are supporting the bill is because it's not their money to begin with.

It's for a better cause. It's for increasing recycling and getting trash off the side of the road. Anything that can do that, I think, is a good thing.

Right now the (bottling industry) gets millions of dollars back from the 5 cent unpaid deposits.

The reason the state didn't bring you any objective evidence in this case is because the only objective evidence was in my favor.

But more than the money, and the reason we really decided to settle, ... was they agreed to take down the billboards and ... quit targeting kids.

There's no wrong reason to save money, but it's a good idea to think about the basics initially. First create a fund to cover living expenses if you're left without income for period of time. Once you have that established, you can start putting away money with other things in mind, like a vacation or a new car purchase.