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In defense of the Student Loan Forgiveness Act

I have been spending the past few months promoting the Student Loan Forgiveness Act online. I must say, I have been schocked by some of the...
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Student debt reaches $1 trillion, Illinois grads average $24,000

CHICAGO - President Barack Obama went on the road, this time to warn students about a pending interest rate hike on college loans if Congress doesn...
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Collection industry regulation part 1

Today 46% of all Americans are making the minimum or no payments on their credit card balances (Cambridge). While this is no doubt due to the...
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Two Ships, Two Fools

What do Illinois and the partially sunken cruise ship Costa Concordia have in common? They both have reckless foolish captains who steered their...
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'Thank you,' Illinois Democrats

January 12 marks the one-year anniversary of your wallet being thinner. Your bank account being smaller. Your tax burden becoming greater.One year...
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Why so much debt, why so little outrage

Currently the US government is touting a successful rescue plan, a great healthcare plan, and so many other financial packages that have been used...
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Stop Foreign Aid

From Beautiful Homer Glen, I have been trying for over 2 hours to find the total amount of foreign aid we will be paying to countries this year. I...
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What responsibility?

  • Obama demands respobsibility
  • May 12, 2011
President Obama is demanding businesses start spending cash to hire people. He claims they have a responsibility to invest “hordes of cash...
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Ten things every consumer should know about collection agencies

Research into the most (and least) successful methods of debt relief have found that persistent harassment on the part of creditor representatives...
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Transaction Fee Bill in the House

  • tax
  • November 6, 2010
Bill Text 111th Congress (2009-2010) H.R.4646.IHH.R.4646 -- Debt Free America Act (Introduced in House - IH)Beginning February 23, 2010 SECTION 1....
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