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Umm Junaid~ Nur Moebius April 4, 2013 at 06:10 am
This is awesome, I plan to attend.
In Memory of my son Junaid who lost his battle to Stage 4…Read More Neuroblastoma Cancer on July 11th, 2012
Observor April 3, 2013 at 12:39 am
Nor any other type of loan. But the truth is that the lenders are the ones with the financial…Read More savvy, and consumers are conditioned to believe that if they qualify for credit the bank has determined that they will be able to pay it back. The problem with student loans is that they are given to people who could never otherwise qualify because the government guarantees them. Are those consumers naive or badly informed? Probably, but the statute books of the federal government and all fifty states are planted thick with laws to protect borrowers who lack sophistication.
The student loan bubble is no different than the housing bubble. Give people loans for which they are not really qualified so they can buy something they want and you flood the market with cash. In response, the prices of things people want to pay for with their loans (diplomas and houses) skyrocket, the sellers knowing that Uncle Sam will keep pumping more cash into the system. The housing bubble burst and when there are enough people unable to carry the non-dischargable debt they took on to pay $40,000/year tuition the student loan bubble will also burst.
Since we taxpayers will be picking up the pieces I am not willing to just say "nobody forced you" and leave it at that.
J. Smith April 2, 2013 at 09:17 pm
Two professional, hard working Taxpayers, perhaps if they continue to be employed, pay their taxes…Read More and stay off the dole, the Government will see they deserve a break. The Government does have high hopes for their projected revenue (taxes) in the future. “I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.”
Steve April 2, 2013 at 08:55 pm
Maybe they should not have deferred and chose to overpay the outstanding debt on the student loans.…Read More Looks like they make a pretty good buck between them, maybe 150k a year. Tell them to look in a lower price range, maybe they need to work up to the dream home. I did, and so did a lot of the rest of us who paid off their student loans and didn't put it off.
shara mulholland April 10, 2013 at 05:03 pm
Really? So they can start banning sports because of injuries.
Just my opinion April 10, 2013 at 11:22 am
One big issue is even though my child plays school sports she plays travel sports so an injury from…Read More travel might not be recorded as travel and go under school making the study wrong. Many children play outside of school how would they make sure they have proper data. Maybe they should document something that they can be sure that the info they use is correct.
Mike Atkins April 8, 2013 at 07:45 am
@Sean, irrelevant, only because parents think their child is the next great athlete and are willing…Read More to pay the thousands of dollars to get them a spot on a team. Typically many of those child athletes would have a difficult time making the HS team without Daddy's money.
Rich April 2, 2013 at 11:38 pm
Sox in on top in AL east 1 and 0, Yankees dead last 0-1. Joba era north of 40 at least that sevral…Read More digits smaller than his waistline. Steroids kill just ask AROD, GRANDYMAN, TEX, JETER yes JETER. Only clean Yank is MO...... Hell I think Strawberry and Howe were cleaner than JETER.
J D C April 2, 2013 at 01:14 am
One game and the season is OVER. Lets name the Blosux WS Champs now.
Stephen Austin March 31, 2013 at 04:16 pm
thanks Flowers for the info.Check out the new photo I posted just for you
Flowers March 31, 2013 at 02:48 am
Steve I hope this gets to you in time. Don't go on that egg hunt! Apparently you have never seen an…Read More Easter egg hunt before. After the egg hunt starting cannon roars, hundreds of undisciplined kids and hooligans rush the field grabbing for everything they can find. Heaven forbid you find and pick up an egg, they will be all over you. You'll be lucky to keep your shoes. Suggest that you and Peaches clutch your valuables and head for the exits ASAP. And by the way do you realize that your magic hat is changing color. Is it due to a natural phenomenon? No one could own that many hats.
Kyle S. Reyes March 29, 2013 at 05:11 pm
Hi Kate,
I like that - thanks so much. I'll have to look into it! Shirley Chisholm once said,…Read More "service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth." Couldn't put it any better.
Kate Nicholas March 29, 2013 at 04:41 pm
Excellent piece Kyle! In Daniel Pink's new best seller "To Sell is Human" he takes Robert…Read More Greenleaf's concept of servant leadership a step further; servant seller. The idea of moving others with an agenda of common good. When we have the best interests of those we lead or sell to as a priority everyone wins.
Cathy Cundiff March 30, 2013 at 03:39 pm
I think of this as more of a big act of continuing kindness, but I would like to acknowledge…Read More Sandbank Veterinary Hospital from the vets to the vet techs to the office staff. They all rock! Boris, my collie, was recently and unexpectedly sick, and all who came in contact with him were wonderful. And it's not the first time they have been wonderful; it's an ongoing kindness. This mom of furry kids is very grateful.
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