I’m sure most people with large student loans love the idea of having them forgiven. And the federal government may actually do this someday. But there is a better way of dealing with the student debt crisis. One alternative offered in the below video put out by LearnLiberty.org is changing the law so that student […]
Analysis
The real U.S. national debt is $222 trillion, not $17 trillion
Think the U.S. national debt stands at roughly $17 trillion? Think again. If this outrageous amount wasn’t bad enough, the actual national debt is closer to $222 trillion, according to Prof. Lawrence Kotlikoff of Boston University. This is the real debt when you count all of the federal government’s unfunded liabilities for programs such as Medicare […]
Are Mitt Romney’s charitable contributions or tax rates more important?
Since former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney became the presumptive Republican nominee, a portion of the presidential campaign has focused on whether or not the two-time presidential candidate will release 12 years worth of tax returns like his father, former Michigan Governor George Romney, did. On Friday afternoon, via the Official Mitt Romney blog, details on […]