Political commentary, opinion & insight into the state of the United States of America.

The market for student loans is $100 billion. The Federal Government guarantees 80% of student loans. Tuition keeps going up. It has risen almost 500% in the past 16 years. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal(8-20-09) the Feds plan to squeeze out the remaining 20% of the private sector in student loans. Read the full article…

As the housing crisis was bubbling to the surface, I had a conversation with a young man who was a risk manager for a bank that went down in the mess. He spelled it all out for me. What was coming, when it was coming, and who would go first. I learned one thing from Read the full article…