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A discussion was held in the N.C. House Banking Committee Tuesday on the Medical Debt De-Weaponization Act, which is being touted as a law that would protect those who have a hard time paying medical debt.
Published: Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022 @ 6:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A North Carolina House bill aimed at protecting consumers from being financially destroyed by medical debt was filed Tuesday, May 24.
Published: Tuesday, May 31st, 2022 @ 7:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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"Turn in the Tesla; sell the dog. I’ll buy it at half price."
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2022 @ 8:43 am
By: Daily Wire
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Carolina Journal by Video - CXXVI: Carolina Journal’s Donna King discusses student debt cancellationThe Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us here in North Carolina, and is distilled, here on BCN, for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video broadcast.
Published: Monday, May 2nd, 2022 @ 10:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) repeated a talking point that many Leftist women’s organizations have been making for years – a talking point that has been repeatedly pointed out as wrong.
Published: Tuesday, March 29th, 2022 @ 11:31 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The verified Women’s March account on Twitter published a tweet lamenting the amount of student debt held by women, but misstated the math in the tweet.
Published: Saturday, March 19th, 2022 @ 6:53 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Look to the top left of the chart below. It’s a stunning number: $30 trillion-plus. That’s where the national debt stands. Peruse the other associated numbers to see the devastating burden this places on each one of us.
Published: Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022 @ 9:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Combined General and Transportation Funds' Debt Service is Projected to Peak at 2.61% in FY 2023
Published: Friday, February 4th, 2022 @ 1:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Democrats and RINOs complicit in US debt trap, incl Tillis and Burr
Published: Monday, December 27th, 2021 @ 8:15 am
By: John Steed
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Hello, inflation!
Published: Tuesday, December 14th, 2021 @ 4:07 pm
By: John Steed
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one on one sellout deal with Schumer
Published: Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 @ 6:47 pm
By: John Steed
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Democrat Senator Joe Manchin stunned people watching CSPAN on Thursday night over his visible reaction to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s attack on Senate Republicans during a floor speech after Republicans threw Schumer a lifeline and helped him out of a crisis over raising the debt ceiling.
Published: Sunday, December 5th, 2021 @ 8:20 am
By: Daily Wire
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) refuted Democrats’ claims in a letter on Monday to President Joe Biden that Republicans were responsible for the ongoing debt ceiling problem, noting that Senate Republicans have warned the Democratics for months that they need to raise the debt ceiling.
Published: Monday, November 15th, 2021 @ 9:16 pm
By: Daily Wire
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No one spoke of college students being trapped in debt until rather recently.
Published: Tuesday, November 9th, 2021 @ 3:28 pm
By: James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal
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get bill over fillibuster hump; allow Democrats to spend
Published: Friday, October 8th, 2021 @ 8:09 am
By: John Steed
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McConnell and Berger cave to far left Democrats on key issues
Published: Wednesday, October 6th, 2021 @ 6:40 pm
By: John Steed
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Brian Riedl writes for the New York Post about the potential negative impact of President Biden’s sweeping proposals.
Published: Wednesday, June 16th, 2021 @ 5:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This nearly one-third reduction of state debt frees up the General Funds budget for other priorities, as annual debt service payments become less burdensome.
Published: Sunday, March 7th, 2021 @ 11:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The UNC System wants to ensure new degree programs prepare students for successful careers.
Published: Monday, January 25th, 2021 @ 2:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Robert Verbruggen of National Review Online pans proposals for the federal government to forgive student loan debt.
Published: Saturday, November 21st, 2020 @ 1:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina recently passed the “Coronavirus Relief Act 3.0” with Gov. Roy Cooper’s signature, but it is clear from what happened that the governor did not so much approve of the budget and that he begrudgingly signed it.
Published: Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020 @ 12:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina will make sure Tyrrell County won’t default on its debt, but the intervention buys just one year.
Published: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020 @ 11:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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And some say the “system” is breaking down—looks to me like it’s working just fine—in what other world (in the middle of a pandemic no less) would a professor get a $360,000 grant to study the impact of student loan debt, which (by the way) averages $30,000 per student?
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 @ 10:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The federal Pell Grant program provides need-based grants to millions of college students every year—and costs the government over $30 billion annually.
Published: Tuesday, May 12th, 2020 @ 11:21 am
By: James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal
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The U.S. Congress and President Trump are testing whether there are any limits to debt-financed fiscal policy.
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2020 @ 7:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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For roughly the past year, JLF’s Jordan Roberts has been working with RIP Medical Debt to erase nearly $3 million in medical debt for North Carolina and South Carolina families.
Published: Friday, March 6th, 2020 @ 8:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There are many villains in the story of the student debt bubble.
Published: Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 @ 12:20 pm
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina is home to a number of vital industries and many beautiful sights.
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 @ 2:59 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Certainly, the most disappointing part of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address was that there was no mention of the federal spending crisis or our $23 trillion national debt.
Published: Friday, February 14th, 2020 @ 4:03 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina should avoid borrowing billions, even though the state’s “credit card limit,” a recent study says, is more than $11 billion over the next decade.
Published: Monday, February 10th, 2020 @ 12:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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