New Orleans There was an interesting piece in the Times, buried in the business section that pointed out pretty clearly that real money to achieve more equity in countries like the USA has to do with taxing wealth not just income. I can remember clearly our effort in Arkansas in the middle 1970’s to maintain a …
Month: February 2013
Boy Scouts Lost in the Woods, Need a Spirit Guide
New Orleans The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) are fast joining the ranks of the Susan Komen for the Cure Foundation in how NOT to manage internal debate and decisions when your institution has been captive to far right, conservative forces and you have surrendered to them. The long awaited national board meeting when the BSA …
Forgive Some Portion of Student Debt and Make Payments Affordable
New Orleans According to a recent report from the credit bureau, TransUnion, covered in the Wall Street Journal, student debt is now knocking on the $1 trillion mark with $900 billion now on the books. More than $300 billion of that debt is termed “subprime” student-loan debt, where the likelihood of repayment by once ambitious …