Category: student debt

Students Need Work, Not Another Handout

Commentary Handout culture is rampant in society today. People are seen as victims, and government handouts have become the natural response to any form of misfortune—great, small, or imagined. It, therefore, came as no surprise that the response to recently announced increases in indexation to student debt was a call for another government handout. In…


Aussie Students Dive Into Pockets to Beat HECS Interest Rise

University students raced to fork out more money to pay off their student debts to try to beat a deadline for a rise in Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) interest. More than three million Australians have been slugged with a 7.1 percent rise in their HECS debts after indexation was applied on June 1. Education…


Greens Pick Fight on Student Debt With Labor Government

The Albanese government has been criticised for blocking the Greens’ attempt to stop the indexation of student debt. Greens deputy leader and education spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, panned the government for blocking attempts to introduce a bill in the past six months. In Australia, individuals seeking higher education at university or technical colleges known as…


PREMIERING NOW: The Boot of the State—Mark Chenoweth on Suing Federal Agencies and Ensuring the Separation of Powers

“Congress has to be the one that appropriates any funds from the treasury. That’s the power of the purse that Congress has. And if we lose that, then we’ll lose the country, because it has to be the elected representatives. If the executive is self-funding, then there’s just no ability to rein that in.” At…


The Boot of the State—Mark Chenoweth on Suing Federal Agencies and Ensuring the Separation of Powers

“Congress has to be the one that appropriates any funds from the treasury. That’s the power of the purse that Congress has. And if we lose that, then we’ll lose the country, because it has to be the elected representatives. If the executive is self-funding, then there’s just no ability to rein that in.” At…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: The Boot of the State—Mark Chenoweth on Suing Federal Agencies and Ensuring the Separation of Powers

“Congress has to be the one that appropriates any funds from the treasury. That’s the power of the purse that Congress has. And if we lose that, then we’ll lose the country, because it has to be the elected representatives. If the executive is self-funding, then there’s just no ability to rein that in.” At…


PREMIERING 3/21 at 7:30PM ET: The Boot of the State—Mark Chenoweth on Suing Federal Agencies and Ensuring the Separation of Powers

“Congress has to be the one that appropriates any funds from the treasury. That’s the power of the purse that Congress has. And if we lose that, then we’ll lose the country, because it has to be the elected representatives. If the executive is self-funding, then there’s just no ability to rein that in.” Mark…


Aussie University Graduates Burdened by Student Debt in Committee’s Focus

Australian university graduates could face the biggest increase to their student debt in decades due to rising inflation. But a federal parliamentary committee is examining a bill that would abolish indexation of student debts and raise the minimum income required to start loan repayments. Australia’s higher education loan system is tied to inflation and increases…


Student Debt Forgiveness Won’t Cure Higher Ed’s Disease

Commentary On Feb. 28, the Supreme Court heard arguments on President Biden’s plan to extinguish an estimated $400 billion in student debt. Biden deserves credit for highlighting a debilitating federal program in desperate need of reform. His proposal, however, would make the problem far worse, not better. Any serious reform would force academic institutions to…


NTD Business (Jan. 10): Scott Gottlieb Pushed Censorship: Emails; New Proposal to Lower Student Loan Payments

President Biden is moving ahead with a plan to lower student loan repayments, but critics warn it could cost taxpayers more than expected. The latest Twitter Files drop seems to show Pfizer board member Scott Gottlieb pressuring Twitter to censor tweets. All the tweets went against the government’s vaccination goals. A new report shows Americans finding…