By Ed Pinto |
Would you like to finance your dream home with a loan that builds equity twice as fast as a 30-year loan, has a much lower risk of default and helps you budget for your children’s higher education and save for retirement? Then the Wealth Building Home Loan may be the loan for you. My colleague at ...
By Andrew Fieldhouse |
Forget about trying to corral Republicans and Democrats into fixing anything by fighting over the federal budget. Any attempt at a grand bargain in today’s toxic Congress would be dead on arrival. A better sort of bargain would be between Congress and the states over higher education and Medicaid –
By Pete Sepp |
It’s a week before the election, and Washington can’t seem to get enough of “what if” scenarios. One has to do with the long-overdue task of reforming our nation’s hopelessly burdensome, complex tax code.
In a speech before the Financial Services Roundtable, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul ...
By Michael Shank and Julia Trezona Peek |
Despite the fact that the American people mobilized in historic numbers last month to demand climate solutions, with the march in New York City drawing up to 400,000 people, Washington remains reluctant to listen. And while this public outpouring was further bolstered by an announcement from the ...
By Adam C. Smith and Stewart Dompe |
A group of prominent economists recently and universally approved of the new transportation services being provided by Uber and Lyft, noting the benefit to consumers. Though most people are now recognizing the benefits of new, cheap transportation services, some are decrying the
By David Brodwin |
After a rough start dealing with America’s first Ebola cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention appear to be getting the problem under control. This doesn’t mean that there won’t be more incidents; a health care worker was diagnosed with the virus in New York yesterday after returning ...
By Chad Stone |
Housing location matters for poor children’s futures. Poor kids growing up in poor neighborhoods with poor schools do worse than poor kids growing up in better neighborhoods with better schools. That sounds right, but a major new report by my Center on Budget and Policy Priorities colleagues ...
By Lisa Chau |
One of the fastest-growing European beauty brands, Rituals Home and Body Cosmetics was founded in 2000. The Dutch company, comprised of over 300 international stores and 450 shop-in-shops, has solidified its presence in 18 Barneys New York stores, and launched its first two U.S. boutiques this year ...
By Mike McShane |
“I’m not against school choice. I’m just worried that parents will make bad choices.” If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard that, I could put a kid through college.
Well meaning (and generally affluent) observers, hailing from both the left and right of the political spectrum, tell me that ...
By Gregg Laskoski |
Do you remember how anxious you were to get your first car? Do you remember how you worked and scrimped and saved and perhaps pleaded with parents for a loan to help you close in on the dollars you needed to buy those wheels?
Do you remember how well you took care of it? Or how much work went ...
