Mike Konczal has a plan:
1) Roll back the bankruptcy law for student loans back to 1989.
2) Give the American people the same deal Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley got: let people refinance their loans at the current discount window rate.
This is a blog about Pennsylvania!
Mike Konczal has a plan:
1) Roll back the bankruptcy law for student loans back to 1989.
2) Give the American people the same deal Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley got: let people refinance their loans at the current discount window rate.
May 17, 2013 By Jon Geeting 1 Comment
The reason outgoing Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan’s endorsement of Willie Reynolds as his successor is a pretty big deal is that until now he’s conspicuously avoided endorsing anyone. He’s been pretty open about being a Reynolds partisan privately, and most people paying attention to Bethlehem politics already know who he supports, but there seemed to [...]
May 9, 2013 By Jon Geeting 3 Comments
I think Bob Donchez’s goal of increasing homeownership in Bethlehem is actually a really bad idea that will lead to reduced economic development and a less flexible labor market. What Bethlehem actually needs to do is increase its stock of quality rental housing in and around the downtown business districts. It’s not a surprise to hear that Donchez’s [...]
May 17, 2013 By Jon Geeting Leave a Comment
Martin O’Malley and the Maryland Democrats who just can’t lose are going to spend $650 million on transit – over half of the revenue they’ll collect from the gas tax increase. This is how it should be: After the governor signed the bill, his office released a list of “first round” projects that will get [...]
May 13, 2013 By Jon Geeting Leave a Comment
The point of political blogging is not that you’ll directly reach so many voters that you’ll shape opinions about elections. The point is that for every couple dozen low-information voters, there’s a *political friend* who people ask who to vote for the week before an election. The point of blogging is to shape the opinions [...]
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