H.R. 4170: Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012 – If you make payments equal to 10% of your discretionary income for 10 years, your remaining federal student loan debt would be forgiven; Capping interest rates at 3.4%

Representative Hansen Clarke of Michigan has just introduced H.R. 4170, The Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012, in the House of Representatives – legislation designed to lend a helping hand to those struggling under massive amounts of student loan debt.

This is a petition for the House of Representatives to vote on this bill in 2012.

Here is a summary of what the bill does:

Make student loan repayment both simple and fair [...]

Max Keiser: Obama financially lynched by racist GOP

Greece let out a sigh of relief this week as – after long talks – EU leaders finally agreed on how to help the country avoid defaulting on its debt. Athens will now receive a new bailout worth an estimated 109 billion euros. The plan was agreed after Greece approved severe austerity measures, sending thousands onto the streets in protest. The rescue will also [...]

Weekend highlights: 11/27/2010

by Saxplayer00o1

1) EU rescue costs start to threaten Germany itself (Ambrose Evans-Pritchard)

“”Germany cannot keep paying for bail-outs without going bankrupt itself,” said Professor Wilhelm Hankel, of Frankfurt University. “This is frightening people. You cannot find a bank safe deposit box in Germany because every single one has already been taken and stuffed with gold and silver. It is like an underground Switzerland within our borders. [...]