It is estimated that America spends a whopping 31,286 dollars per prisoner with the total cost reaching 39 million spent while the student loan debt has increased to 1.2 trillion dollars. The political cartoons claim is an accurate and acceptable statement in essence that Wisconsin and America must value education more as it is currently creating the world’s future leaders, doctors, teachers, lawyers and parents. However…
"Six months after I got out, (one lender) was like 'We need $600 a month. We do no forbearances, no deferments. We don't give you a lower payment,'" he says. Alan Ens took over $75,000 in private loans pay for a jazz guitar degree from University of the Arts in Philadelphia.Unlike federal loans,student loans do not offer grace periods, temporarily postpone payments and forgiving debt.According to the Department of Education, 11.3% of students defaulted in 2016. Therefore, a public college…
Aquaponics in America could feed the world. The reason I'm researching aquaponics is that I am interested in providing food to the world. I don't believe anyone should go to bed hungry especially children. With the poor diet of today's culture, many adults and children are suffering from metabolic syndrome or prediabetes. This is the first time in recorded history that a population is dying from over eating. The environmental factors of our industrial culture, our traditional agriculture…
In “Debate on Student Loan Debt Doesn’t Go Far Enough”, Robert Applebaum expresses his concerns when it comes to student loan debt. Applebaum is a graduate of Fordham University of Law who initiated a petition for student loan forgiveness which later was published by The Hill in 2012. Applebaum came up with a proposal of a plan which involved “automatically withdrawing ten percent of the debtor’s income and at 45,000 the loan would be forgiven”. In his essay, Applebaum exclaims that students…
Benjamin Franklin once said, “money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants” (brainy quotes). 8 years ago the United States economy suffered the most extensive downturn since the Great Depression. Leading up to the financial crisis prices of homes were on the rise and home- ownership rates rose to monumental level of 68.8%. Traditionally when customers apply for a mortgage the customer would put 20%…
donate to the American Cancer Society. Entities are only responsible for doing things that are possible for them to achieve. Currently, according to the US National Debt Registry, the United States is suffering from close to a $19 trillion debt. Let that sink in. $19 trillion! This means approximately $157,000 per taxpayer is owed. If the United States cannot manage it’s own government spending in terms of defense, mandatory spending, and special interest, then there is near 100% guarantee that…
ways to benefit politically, economically and socially. There are many forms of corruption, with organized crime groups mainly using bribery, extortion and embezzlement to achieve their goals. Worldwide, bribery alone is estimated to involve over 1 trillion US dollars annually (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6288400.stm). An issue with corruption is that organized crime groups can generate higher levels of poverty. Corruption determines the misuse of a government’s resources such as…
Black holes were, an amazing star that everyone wants to know more information about. Black holes can be dangerous, but all depends on how big the star was inside. Black holes form in, an astonishing way, and will effect the space around you. Black holes are extinct stars that explodes into a black hole. Also, Black holes have layers, named, an event horizon. Which, means when the force of gravity is barely sufficient amount to bring light back, and stop from light being put in the black…
of food they want. People can go and buy a case of beer and the government doesn't care, they will continue to fund these people. By Trump becoming president, he will limit the amount of immigrants in the country, and as a result, we will save us trillions of…
The Ugly Truth: Overwhelming Debt is Contagious But Avoidable Have you wondered why 40% of students do not graduate college within 6 years? Every year, millions of students graduate from High School. For many students, pursuing higher education is their personal choice while others are attending because they are told to do so. Even so, students pursuing higher education must be realistic and exclude themselves from contributing to the millions of students who end up buried in debt. College is…