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Can You Play the Lottery as a Business?
Originally Published on forbes.com on November 3rd, 2011 ______________________________________ Gambling losses are only deductible to the extent of gambling winnings...
When Will the Education Bubble Explode?
At this present time, I don’t see the education bubble popping. But the education bubble could pop quickly because two of the major factors – the current and future attitudes – tend to change faster than many economists know (consider how quickly Americans changed their spending behavior after the last recession). Or the education bubble could pop in the sense that there’s a liberal art explosion – students finally realizing that math-related fields trump art-related fields. Either way, I do agree with both Mish and Thiel on one thing: the amount of student loan balances that we see are unsustainable and something will eventually happen.
Capital One Not Putting Refund on $400,000,000 into its Wallet
Originally Published on forbes.com on November 2nd, 2011 ______________________________________ A sure way to put someone to sleep is to explain double declining...
Student Borrowers Need Help To Understand Repayment Rights
Originally Published on forbes.com on October 28th,2011 ______________________________________ This guest post is by Paul Combe, president and CEO of American Student...
Student Loan Borrowers Need Help to Understand Repayment Rights
Supporters of the forgive student debt movement say their real goal is just to start a national conversation about student loan reform. A noble goal, but such a sharp focus on this unlikely remedy runs the risk of stopping the conversation before it starts. Going for all the marbles could cause a public sentiment backlash against student loan debtors, pitting Baby Boomers and Generation X against Millennials, or those who pursue a college degree against those who follow a different life path. In the battle to win the public’s hearts and minds in the student loan debate, start the rally around the borrowers’ rights that everyone can agree on.
Richard Egan Estate Subject to 40% Penalty on Doomed Shelter
Originally Published on forbes.com on October 28th, 2011 ______________________________________ I thought I was done with Fidelity International Currency Advisors back...
Bishop Corletta Vaughn, Chief Apostle, Held Personally Responsible for Ministry’s Payroll Withholding
Originally Published on forbes.com on October 27th, 2011 ______________________________________ According to the Go Tell It Ministry Worldwide website: Apostle Corletta...
Student Loan Problems – Help to Avoid Default
Originally Published on forbes.com on October 27th, 2011 ______________________________________ One of the most frequently mentioned grievances on the We Are The 99...
Indiana Property Tax Collection – We Need Jimmy Stewart
Originally Published on forbes.com on October 23rd, 2011 ______________________________________ Remember Henry F. Potter, the mean banker played by Lionel Barrymore, in...
radfems to OWS Women – You Do Not Have to Get Arrested to be Assaulted
Originally published on forbes.com on Octobter 23, 2011. This was in response to the response to an earlier piece of mine (a guest post by Tom Cahill actually) that...