Debate surrounds the establishment of a $15 federal minimum wage. President Joe Biden’sAmerican Rescue Planattempted to raise the minimum but the Biden administration has so far only succeeded in raising the minimum hourly wage of government employees to $15. Arguments for a $15 Minimum Wage Pr...
Financial websites like NerdWallet publish a variety ofstudent loan resources, including accessibleguides to repayment plans; NerdWallet also hosts a podcast,Smart Money, that dives into thestudent loan debate. The American Bar Association has publisheda list of organizations, like the National Consumer...
The reason many people are below the poverty line is not because they cannot get above it at minimum wage, they choose that both parents will not work and the one cannot get enough overtime to reach the level (16 hours extra in a job that pays 1.5 on overtime). And those numbers are...
was a bold departure from previous policy norms. Our model reflects these actions as crucial in mitigating the crisis’s impact, though their long-term implications remain a subject of debate.
Maybe heightened parental responsibility standards is a solution that both sides of the gun debate can get behind. We can provide schools with security plans and active shooter drills, but making more parents criminally responsible could be a powerful preventative fix. ...