Americans owing more student loans than ever before, college affordability and student loan debt reform have become hot-button topics among the 2020 presidential candidates. And the issue is definitely an urgent one: J.P. Morgan estimates four years at a private college could cost roughly half a million dollars in 2036 if costs continue rising at their current pace, …
The Washington Post is reporting: “Republicans have pilloried Obama’s expansion of income-driven repayment programs as fiscally irresponsible, yet the party’s leader promised to lower the repayment period, which would probably cost hundreds of billions of dollars. Even the latest income-driven plan, known as Revised Pay as You Earn (REPAYE), only forgives debt after 20 years …
Now that Donald Trump has been elected President it’s time to start planning for the new Trump Student Loan Forgiveness Program. Early indications are the stock market thinks income and profit are going to improve for student loan companies like Navient. Keep in mind the markets are driven by the chance or opportunity of profitability …
By Gerri Detweiler and Lydia Roth, Nav Here’s a wild fact about business credit that you may not know: Suppliers, vendors, and even business partners can look up your business’s credit score, anytime they want, without notifying you and without your permission. So, we did it with Donald Trump’s holding company, The Trump Organization, Inc., …
Presidential candidate Donald Trump has been in an increasing cesspool of sexual assault allegations following his own words and his denial at the last presidential debate that he had assaulted women. While watching the video statement of Summer Zervos who was a cast member on the Apprentice I was very surprised to hear at the …
Over the years I’ve written so many articles about consumers being induced, duped, tricked, or taken by one scheme or another. Putting aside the Donald Trump, the Trump University case is so seemingly close to many of those other things that caught consumers and left them poorer. Propublica just posted the following article which does …
In an effort to make America great again the Donald Trump campaign grabbed media attention this morning when it beat others to the punch in a virtual public relations riot. The announcement caught many off guard and was totally unexpected in its greatness. The announced plan describes an effort to churn the American economy faster …
In case you might have been misled about the benefits of filing bankruptcy when you run into money troubles, it seems Donald Trump has become the spokesperson of why filing bankruptcy is a smart thing to do. Trump has come out claiming he has never personally filed bankruptcy. And that is absolutely true. But in …
A recent article in the Penn State newspaper disturbed me greatly. Surveys are indicating that students would rather go for a bigger paycheck over happiness, in order to deal with debts. It is one thing to seek a bigger paycheck over happiness but what these young students don’t realize is that dissatisfaction with your job …