Q: My parents took out loans to pay for my college education and I feel guilty that they’re still paying them back. How can I help? A: I’m with you. When I got paltry scholarship aid from my dream school, my parents and I took out loan after loan. Throughout college, I don’t think I…
WASHINGTON There are two words that can rock people with regret. Just ask them about their student loans. Then watch their faces. They will wince as they disclose how much education debt theyre carrying. Politicians have been promising to fix the growing loan crisis for years, but outstanding student debt has now mushroomed to $1.4…
Question: My parents took out loans to pay for my college education and I feel guilty that theyre still paying them back. How can I help? Answer: Im with you. When I got paltry scholarship aid from my dream school, my parents and I took out loan after loan. Throughout college, I dont think I…
PM Malcolm Turnbull says it is unacceptable Tony Abbott was passed out drunk for parliamentary votes in 2009 Former prime minister Tony Abbott has defended his past drinking incident saying its an old story. Photo: Mick Tsikas/AAP FROMER Prime Minister Tony Abbott has defended the night of excessive drinking that led to him passing out…
“Ask Brianna” is a column for 20-somethings or anyone else starting out. I’m here to help you manage your money, find a job and pay off student loans – all the real-world stuff no one taught us how to do in college. Send your questions about postgrad life to [email protected] . This week’s question: “My…
A college education can set you up for a lifetime though it can come with a hefty price tag: Some unfortunate students have gotten both a mountain of debt and an education that falls far short of their expectations. Across the nation, a few for-profit colleges have been deceiving students into taking out private loans…
Democrats hinted Thursday that they wont be too eager to help the GOP raise the governments debt ceiling later this year, adding another partisan problem to Republicans list of challenges. President Trump early in the day accused Democrats of obstruction over the debt ceiling, spurring House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to fire back that its…
I have always thought that education should be free. For Britain to become the template of modernity in a fast-changing globalised world, we need a highly skilled and educated workforce. So asking young people to take on huge amounts of debt to help secure our collective future seems unfair. Asking them to take on huge…
By Associated Press Published: 00:17 +10:00, 23 August 2017 | Updated: 00:22 +10:00, 23 August 2017 e-mail “Ask Brianna” is a column from NerdWallet for 20-somethings or anyone else starting out. I’m here to help you manage your money, find a job and pay off student loans – all the real-world stuff no one taught…
Last night’s Four Corners, titled ‘Betting on the House‘, focused on debt and its likely impact on home prices in Australia. Quite simply, at an individual level, debt is like a mouse wheel: it keeps going round and round, so long as the mouse is able to keep running. As it spins faster, it helps…