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It’s a dirty job, but someone has to tell you about the federal government’s budget tricks. The latest is exposed in a new Congressional Budget Office...

PresidentJoe Biden, who insists his presumptiveGOPopponent is a dire “threat to democracy” and a potential “dictator,” openly brags about ignoring the...

A U.S. president isn’t a king. No matter how much some who hold the office would wish it otherwise. Even if you believe in your heart of hearts that s...

New Yorkers carry the fourth-highest household debt in the country and their average debt is on the rise, according to a report issued Thursday by the...

Student loan forgiveness, announced by the Biden administration, is a regressive upward transfer of wealth from low- and middle-income taxpayers to so...

As a recently retired professor, I’m tired of reading national editorials that offer ill-informed criticism of President Biden’s recently announced st...

ALBANY (TNS) — Two years ago, I wrote a column proclaiming the evils of the college-loan racket. The federal government should cancel student debt, I ...

“Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?” That famous one-liner is a joke about about a self-centered theatrical producer so obsess...

It’s hard to top President Joe Biden’s Afghan withdrawal for reckless policymaking, but his student-loan forgiveness scheme is a contender for his sec...

President Joe Biden is set to “forgive” $10,000 worth of student loan debt per borrower, for a total of $360 billion in loan elimination. This may sou...

The 2020 Democratic presidential primary race was a bidding war in which the various candidates advocated spending trillions of dollars to enact sweep...

By extending the moratorium on federal student-loan payments through the end of August, the Biden administration has cheered borrowers and those advoc...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is throwing cold water on the idea that the president can cancel student debt, but her reasoning may be more political than...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — After the American Rescue Plan waived taxes on canceled student loan debt, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer believes there...

ALFRED — Matthew Burr, an adjunct business instructor at Alfred State College, has published a new book, “Slay the Student Loan Dragon: Tips and Trick...

NEW YORK (TNS) — All they want for Christmas is their debt paid off. Students and elected officials huddled in the cold Monday to urge President-elect...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has announced a plan to cancel up to $50,000 in debt for federal student-loan borrowers. The Senate minority le...

Student loan debt has more than doubled over the past decade and now exceeds $1.5 trillion. If there is one bit of good news, it’s that new data from ...