New Orleans Lifeline programs are great services in our modern age and we need more of them. In concept “lifeline” conceptually stands for the provision of a basic level of service, like electricity, gas, telephone, or even internet potentially, essential for the very survival of a low income family or senior citizen. Telephone lifeline services …
Category: Financial Justice
Up with Minimum Wage – Hell, Yes! How about Hospitality Workers, Too?
New Orleans President Obama in the State of the Union address called for an increase in the federal minimum wage, which has been stuck for the last four years at $7.25 per hour. The President has done some bargaining, hopefully not with himself again, but the target for his proposed increase is $9.00 per hour, …
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 …