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The Student Loan Debate Is Just Beginning

President Biden's Executive Order (EO) forgiving up to $20,000 of student debt for past borrowers is not a solution to a $1.6 Trillion student debt problem. It is the fulfillment of a campaign promise blatantly intended to bring more "grateful" young voters to the mid-term polls this November. Young voters are traditionally not a significant

2022-08-28T02:02:14+00:00August 28th, 2022|Comments Off on The Student Loan Debate Is Just Beginning

Let’s Not Talk Ourselves into a Recession

Recession – what recession? Even before the sun rose in Silicon Valley Thursday morning, the US Department of Commerce announced second quarter 2022 GDP had contracted at an annualized rate of .09%, the second consecutive quarter of negative growth – a traditional signal of the start of an economic downturn – a (dreaded) recession, if

2022-08-01T20:21:31+00:00August 1st, 2022|Comments Off on Let’s Not Talk Ourselves into a Recession