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Lawmakers, economists and activist all have made headlines debating solutions to the $1.6 trillion student debt crisis burdening the lives of 44 million Americans. Some plans go as far as…
Americans are taking on ever larger debt loads as they struggle to maintain living standards. They are borrowing more on their credit cards, taking on a soaring levels of student…
With Donald Trump being credited or blamed for virtually every imaginable good or ill (depending on the observer, of course), we in the world of personal finance and debt management…
The U.S. economy might be bustling for civilians, but not all active enlisted members of the military are thriving in it. More than one-third of enlisted military members do not…
Security breaches have become so commonplace in the United States that news around them barely causes a ripple these days. Even if it’s news that provides consumers an extra layer…
Across America, home values are on the rise again, surging with the economy. With that surge, homeowners eager to scratch a pent-up-demand itch once again are taking out HELOCs, or home…
The loan business is getting personal. We’re talking personal loans, and they are exactly what they sound like. You borrow money from a lending institution and pay it back. The…
You’re a hard-working single mom, and your refrigerator breaks. You don’t have the money to fix it and the Tooth Fairy didn’t leave $1,000 under the pillow for one of…
The era when almost anyone with a pulse could get a loan or mortgage from a commercial bank ended with the financial meltdown of 2008. Today, tightened regulations and a…
Here’s a warning for anyone who must borrow money for college. There’s an assault under way on the most cost-effective and popular student-loan repayment programs. Lines are being drawn and…
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- Vigdor, N. (2019, August 21) Trump Orders Student Loan Forgiveness for Disabled Veterans. Retrieved from: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/us/trump-veterans-student-loans.html
- Douglas-Gabriel, D. (2019, August 21) Trump administration to automatically forgive the student debt of permanently disabled veterans. Retrieved from: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/08/21/trump-administration-automatically-forgive-student-debt-permanently-disabled-veterans/
- Stratford, M. (2019, August 21) Trump eases student loan forgiveness for disabled veterans. Retrieved from: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/21/trump-student-loan-veterans-1675170
- Stratford, M (2019, May 24) 51 attorneys general urge DeVos: Erase disabled veterans' student debt. Retrieved from: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/24/attorneys-general-devos-cancel-debt-disabled-veterans-1472656
- Kreighbaum, A. (2019, August 22) Faster Loan Forgiveness for Disabled Veterans. Retrieved from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/08/22/trump-administration-grant-disabled-veterans-automatic-loan-forgiveness
- Lawrence, Q. (2019, August 21) Trump Signs Executive Order Forgiving All Federal Student Loan Debt For Disabled Vets. Retrieved from: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/21/753213306/trump-signs-executive-order-forgiving-all-federal-student-loan-debt-for-disabled
- NA. (2019, August 21) Trump Administration to Automatically Forgive Federal Student Loan Debt for Totally and Permanently Disabled Veterans. Retrieved from: https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/trump-administration-automatically-forgive-federal-student-loan-debt-totally-and-permanently-disabled-veterans
- Fullwiler, S, Kelton, S, Ruetschlin, C, Steinbaum, M. (2018, February) THE MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS OF STUDENT DEBT CANCELLATION. Retrieved from: http://www.levyinstitute.org/pubs/rpr_2_6.pdf