College loans -- rightist scandal
The New Republic isn't the favorite magazine of participants on dKos. But on p. 7 of the June 18 issue, TRB lays out how the college-loan scandal is the result of a conservative legislative victory. It...
View ArticleSo, You Think Sarah Palin Styles Her Own Hair?
This diary is a lot less shallow than its title, so I beg you to stay with me and you'll get it.Sarah Palin claims to represent the Hockey Moms, the working class, "Joe" the "Plumber" (actually,...
View ArticleI got one of THOSE emails - from MY OWN MOM!
I have very few Republican friends. Here in Brooklyn, a very blue part of a pretty blue state, they're few and far between. But my hometown of Amherst, NY leans Republican. And my parents, who still...
View ArticleNew College Credits and Debt Forgiveness
Ok. I listened to the SOTU address and while I am not completely familiar with all the college credits and debt programs, I am in favor of the new ideas set forth by the Obama. However, I need a...
View ArticleDear Congressman Smith ...
From a letter to my congressman, Adam Smith, Ninth Congressional District, State of Washington: Congressman Smith:Thank you for your recent letter to me in regard to "the Social Security privatization...
View ArticleMarch to Stop the Freeloaders
Reckless Wall Street banksters get taxpayer-funded bailouts. Billionaires get tax breaks. Corporations like GE and Bank of America pay absolutely no federal income taxes. But workers don’t get those...
View ArticleCollege: Where's the Payoff?
Well, I can think of lots of reasons to go to college, and many more reasons why education, and lifelong learning are important in general, but this very interesting article argues that the supposed...
View ArticleThe Occupy Movement: Let the Young Generation Lead the Way!
In the 1960s there was a draft. In the 1960s young people went to the streets, burned their draft cards in protest for being conscripted into the military to fight a war they didn't believe in.In the...
View ArticleAnother hard-luck Romney Story: The College Years
I had to "work my way through college" too-- but no way I had it as tough as Willard and Ann did ...The Romney Plan for College Affordabilityby Matthew Yglesias -- April 16, 2012[... Ann Romney: ]...
View ArticleEducation Nation: Income Disparity Provides Less Opportunity for Many
A goal for most parents is to see their children grow up and get a good education, one that will provide a decent lifestyle for them and their families. Unfortunately, the likelihood of that happening...
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George W. Bush: "Income inequality is real"
Long before the Great Recession (when 8.7 million Americans lost their jobs), there was plenty of discussion about wealth inequality, wage disparity, the shrinking middle-class, CEO pay, and low wages...
View ArticleOne in seven American families are broke and in debt even if they don't admit it
Whether it’s college loan debt, or credit card debt, Americans of all stripes (except gold-plated stripes) are in “the red.” According to Bloomberg, along with the 15 percent of Americans living below...
View ArticleU-S-A! U-S-A! Americans are averaging over $60,000 worth of debt when we die
Most Americans do not have the smallest of savings. This fact, a symptom of growing income equality, is also leading to the this new and depressingly logical finding.You’re probably going to die with...
View ArticleFed Chair Powell gets it - will Rethug Congress allow student loan...
Over on CNBC they have a synopsis of the Fed Chair’s presentation to Congress — I think the title says it all “Student loan problems could hold back economic growth fed chair says” . The money quote...
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