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May 8th, 2023 - 12:47 am § in Biden, Hypocrisy, Politics, Republicans

GOP senator calls student debt relief “a handout to the wealthy”

Attention struggling student borrowers, according to a GOP senator who wants to be president, you’re a rich deadbeat. Sen. Tim ScottĀ (R-SC), who plans to seek the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, called student loan relief a “handout to the wealthy.” (See story here.) When he was[...]

November 2nd, 2015 - 10:15 pm § in Politics

Homeless in Seattle

When people hear “housing crisis” now, they mostly think of soaring rents and tight rental markets, but millions of underwater mortgages are still holding back the economy (along with stagnant wages, less job security, lower quality jobs, and other economic ills). While the percentages o[...]