Jan 18 2010

How the Credit CARD Act Affects Young Adults

The provisions of the Credit CARD Act of 2009 targeting youth and credit will be going into effect Feburary 22, 2010. President Obama is on a mission to reduce the availability to young consumers in an effort to solve a problem that hurts so many of us college graduates today – we graduate with too [...]

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Jul 31 2009

Cash For Clunkers Not Gone Yet

The buzz over the government’s cash-for-clunkers program has been extraordinary. It has surpassed the pessimism of skeptics who thought this program will not work. In just the past week, many car owners have traded in their clunkers for a more fuel efficient vehicle.
The car commercials swarming the televisions offering the program certainly played a major [...]

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Jul 2 2009

Should The Beneficiaries Of the Madoff Scandal Be Punished?

Without a doubt, Bernard Madoff’s investment scheme did financial and emotional damage to all of his victims and whether his sentence does justice to the people he hurt is still up for debate. Now we question whether the people who directly [and indirectly] reaped the benefits of his scandal should have any repercussions for being [...]

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Jun 6 2009

Bad Economic Times Favors Buying Cheap Vs. Buying Efficient

An article at Yahoo! Finance from earlier in the week addressed the consumer mentality of buying discounted automobiles instead of buying fuel-efficient ones. Cheap, gas guzzlers are preferred over hybrid vehicles simply because the people want to shell out as little money as possible since gas prices are quite low. It sparks the thought of [...]

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Apr 22 2009

The Recession And The Effects On Paying For College

The economic events of the past year have led to the dramatic increase of concerns over how one can afford paying for college. Every method of paying for higher education has been negatively affected. All prospective college students must consider their options when it comes to being able to pay for the college that they [...]

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