More Than 15% of All Student Loan Debt is Past Due. The Fed Says Borrowers...
In 2022, faced with major credit issues due to ballooning student loan payments and COVID related economic problems, the Department of Education began a program they dubbed “Fresh Start”. This program...
View ArticleThese 9 Countries Do Not Guarantee Paid Parental Leave – You Guessed It, the...
There are 195 countries (depending on your definition of a country) in the world with 195 different sets of federal-level laws. Of those, only 9 countries do not guarantee paid parental leave for...
View ArticleNew Price Hikes Set to Push the Average Cost of Tariffs for American Families...
An announcement from the White House on March 26 places a 25% tariff on a large number of vehicles while the consumer will likely eat most of the cost. Earlier analysis from the Joint Economic...
View ArticleTrump’s Tariffs Wiped Out in $4.3 Trillion in Investments in the Span of 22...
Fluctuations in the stock market in the first couple of months of a new presidency are relatively common. Obama and Bush Jr. both saw the stock markets fall in their first quarter while Clinton saw a...
View ArticleSenators Aim to Make DOGE Seizure of Personal Information Illegal with New...
There have been no shortage of headlines surrounding DOGE recently. The organization’s aim to trim the fat from the bureaucracy that is the U.S. federal government has been both heavily scrutinized by...
View ArticleRepublican Losses in Local Elections – and Especially in the Wisconsin...
Several states held elections on April 1, mostly on the local/county level, but some had nationwide significance, as was the case for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. While turnout is almost always...
View ArticleThe President’s Tariffs Have Erased Over $8000 from the Average 401k –...
It’s no secret that tariffs are typically considered as bad for an open economy. There are a few times when they can be a useful tool in temporarily supporting a sector, or preventing foreign...
View ArticleDOGE Cuts Threaten to Let China Take the Lead in AI Development for the...
It’s no secret that DOGE cuts in the federal government have thrown a wrench into both hiring and day to day operations. What’s particularly concerning is that with cuts to the National Science...
View ArticleAn Estimated 400,000 Millennials Will Delay Buying a House Because of Tariffs.
In 2024, the number of existing home sales dropped to nearly 30 year low with only a little over 4 million residences being sold throughout the U.S. Most experts agree the reason for the lower number...
View ArticleComing Up Next in America Thanks to Tariffs- Great Recession 2: Electric...
By now, Americans should be well aware that there have been a substantial number of tariffs placed on nearly every country on Earth. This runs the gamut from China (population 1.4 billion) to the Heard...
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