Ever since the 2010 election season began, the central focus of Democrats in Washington has been on job creation. The economic reports devoted its longest chapter to the efforts made by the White House and the Federal Reserve who -according to the report- started a “second Great Depression”. The report blames their job creation effort [...]
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February 10th, 2010 
Elisheva Wiriaatmadja In his speech last week, Obama stated, “No one should go broke because they choose to go to college.” This line received bipartisan applause from the House chamber. Obama was referring in part to plan which is intended to give relief to college graduates in low-paying jobs to work off their debt.
Federal Role in Student Loans – The Destructive Effect
February 5th, 2010 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja The reason why Obama wants to cut out what he calls the “middlemen” is because the federal government is wasting all a lot of money by paying banks who offer student loans to students. The money saved from cutting the middlemen is to expand other financial aid programs for students such as the Pell Grant.
They Say Gold Bubble Will Burst Soon – I Say Ignore Them!
February 2nd, 2010 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja You may have heard many people around you say that it is too late to invest in gold now as gold price has come up over US$1,000 even reached over US$1,200 at one point but now has gone back down. You may have probably seen a long list of pundits saying that gold is a [...]
Tags: Obama Student Loan Forgiveness Program – How To Get Forgiven
February 2nd, 2010 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja First of all, although Obama endorses student loan forgiveness, I have not found any programs that would completely forgive any student loan immediately. The programs that Obama was talking about allows any remaining balance of your student loan to be forgiven after 20 years. If you are a public service worker, your remaining balance will [...]
