by Robert Reich | Jul 9, 2013 | Student Debt Relief
A basic economic principle is government ought to tax what we want to discourage, and not tax what we want to encourage. For example, if we want less carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, we should tax carbon polluters. On the other hand, if we want more students from...
by Jane Yurechko | Jul 9, 2013 | Student Debt Relief
Now that the deadline has passed to prevent student loan rates from doubling to almost 7 percent, some members of Congress are scrambling to fix the problem before students sign new loans for the fall. Today. we’re asking you to participate in a click-to-call campaign...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 5, 2013 | Student Debt Relief
I got a check from the U.S. Treasury in the mail this week. It was both a surprise and a mystery. It was a surprise, because I wasn't expecting any checks, least of all from the federal government. At first the reason why the government sent me a check was a mystery....
by Robert Borosage | Jun 27, 2013 | Student Debt Relief
Interest rates on student loans will double to 6.8 percent on July 1 unless Congress acts. But it seems increasingly likely that the Congress will take off for the Fourth of July recess without addressing the problem. The major sticking point: Republicans in the House...
by Jane Yurechko | Jun 26, 2013 | Student Debt Relief
As the deadline of July 1 approaches for preventing student Stafford Loan rates from doubling to 6.8 percent, it seems less and less likely Congress will be able to push any legislation through to help our students. Student groups are concerned, certain members of...
by Jane Yurechko | Jun 25, 2013 | Student Debt Relief
A fresh possibility for helping to solve the student loan crisis has emerged – in the form of Sen. Sherrod Brown’s (D-Ohio) Refinancing Education Funding to Invest for the Future Act. The main goal is to create opportunities for student loan borrowers to take...
