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Students trapped by high debt, low wages
Based on estimates by the Federal Reserve, for the first time in U.S. history, student-loan debt ($867 billion) has surpassed credit card debt ($704 billion). These debt levels have real implications for productivity and lifetime earnings for this current...
Tags: CNBC (tv network), Employment Opportunities, Barack Obama, Teaching and Learning, Psychology
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Letter: Pension proposal by Kamenetz a gamble for county
The purpose of this letter is to express my strong objection to Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz's proposal to float a $250 million Pension Obligation Bond (POB). Words make it difficult to accurately express my opposition. I believe that it...Tags: Financial Markets, Interior Policy, Tom Quirk, Retirement, Finance
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FBI says New York bomb suspect considered Baltimore target
A man accused of plotting to attack the Federal Reserve in New York considered striking a lightly guarded military installation in Baltimore, according to authorities. Quazi Mohammad Reswanul Ahsan Nafis, a 21-year-old Bangladeshi national, was...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Military Equipment, Prisons, Armed Forces, Explosions
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Rodricks: Thousands of undocumented workers pay state taxes
Under the Maryland Dream Act, students who want to attend our community colleges or public universities at the in-state tuition rate must have attended a Maryland high school for at least three years. They must prove that their families filed state income...Tags: Maryland Dream Act, Extradition, Interior Policy, Employees, Income Tax
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Calling Obama on his lie: Bush tax cuts did not cause the economic crisis
"Now Gov. Romney believes that with even bigger tax cuts for the wealthy, and fewer regulations on Wall Street, all of us will prosper. In other words, he'd double down on the same trickle-down policies that led to the crisis in the first place." --...
Tags: Barack Obama, Freddie Mac, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Personal Income
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Letter: Wake up, Howard County, Obama has failed
Letter after letter is published in your paper supporting the president, despite the fact that they are all just regurgitated talking points of the Democrat Party. The latest is the new 7.8 percent unemployment rate. Nothing could be further from the...Tags: Gross Domestic Product, Employment Opportunities, Employment, Economic Indicator
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Towson Library looks at ballot issues in discussion series
The League of Women Voters and the Towson branch of the Baltimore County Public Library have scheduled several discussions, starting Thursday, on referendums that will appear on the Nov. 6 ballot. A panel will delve into Perspectives on the Dream Act,...Tags: DREAM Act, Illegal Immigrants, T. Rowe Price, Johns Hopkins University, Government
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Towson Library, League of Women Voters announce election education programs
The Baltimore County Public Library in Towson and the League of Women Voters announced Wednesday a series of election programs on immigration, health care, and the economy to educate voters before next month's election. "These are all issues that...Tags: T. Rowe Price, Migration, Johns Hopkins University, Government, Baltimore County
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Patapsco Bank's parent posts $365,000 profit
Patapsco Bancorp of Dundalk reported Wednesday that it earned $365,000, or 18 cents per share, in the first quarter ended in September. That's an increase from a year earlier, when the parent of Patapsco Bank posted a profit of $128,000, or 7 cents a...Tags: Patapsco, Patapsco Bancorp Incorporated, Dundalk
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America's China hypocrisy
I can predict a few things with virtual certainty. For instance, in the upcoming presidential debates, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will try to outdo each other in condemning China's economic practices. Their positions will be virtually...
Tags: People's Bank, Ben Bernanke, Passenger Cars, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney
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Letter: Cummings, Sarbanes support 'reckless monetary policy'
As the Federal Reserve begins another round of money-printing disguised as monetary policy (Quantitive Easing, Round Number 3), it is instructive to review the congressional scorecard of those congressmen who continue to give the Fed this power....Tags: Poverty, Inflation and Deflation, Economic Policy, Money and Monetary Policy
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'Huge drop' in funding for community development
The City Arts Apartments are full of artists who live and work in the Baltimore complex, built on what long had been a vacant lot in a very vacant neighborhood. But a sudden gap in its development financing almost kept the project from getting off the...
Tags: Rentals, Tax Credits, Hospitals and Clinics, Taxation, Values
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