Presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden has been strong-armed by self-proclaimed socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to jointly propose a series of left-wing policies. Biden, long seen as a political moderate in the Senate,…
Topic: student loans
Sen. Rand Paul’s Bill Would Allow People To Fund Education With Pre-Tax Cash From Retirement Accounts
While Democrats advocate left-wing policies such as tuition and fee free public college and mass student debt cancellation, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has a plan that will help students and their families finance higher education…
AOC Likens One Argument Against Student Loan Forgiveness To ‘Hazing Mentality’
The idea that a student loan forgiveness program would be unfair because some people have already paid off their student debt and some chose to attend a less costly school represents a sort of “hazing…
Here Are Some College-Related Bills Recently Proposed In Congress
Is American higher education going to pot? While the answer to that question would depend on who you ask, some recently introduced legislation actually pertains to college students convicted of possessing pot. On Friday Rep….
Good News On Student Loans
Some students actually pay them back.
Whose Got More Skin In Academic Game?
Right now, parents and taxpayers are getting skinned off of defaulted student loans and rising tuition.
Committee Chair Seeks To Overhaul Federal Aid
U. S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-NC, is seeking to overhaul America’s cumbersome system of federal aid to education. She is one of the backers of the PROSPER Act now making its way through Congress. “College…
How About “America First” for College Admissions?
In a recent article, “Surge in foreign students may be crowding Americans out of elite colleges,” The Washington Post stumbled on the truth about one of the factors affecting the rising cost of college for American…
Feds Should Stop Pushing College Students into Ruinous Debt
That sounds like a reasonable assertion, right? Why is the federal government pushing America’s future into ruinous student loan debt? This from George Leef: Bad borrowing decisions are almost impossible to escape. Consider the case…
How American Higher Education Turned into a False Promise
From our friend George Leef at the Pope Center: One is the proliferation of college graduates who can only find jobs that don’t call for college education. As the number of Americans holding college credentials…
Book Review
Book Review: America, Guns, and Freedom
As gun rights and gun control advocates, political surrogates, spokespeople, and groups contend over the future of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, Dr. Miguel Faria, Jr., M.D. published a book that gives extensive background,…
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