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WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".

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Forgive Some Portion of Student Debt and Make Payments Affordable

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice February 8, 2013 by digital

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 …

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Chinese Banks, Student Loans, Foreclosures, and Political Impasse

Ideas and Issues April 4, 2012 by digital

New Orleans   Are you kidding me?  The Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao called for breaking up the banks because they are making too much money and charging too much interest.  It turned out he was actually calling for breaking up banks in China, rather than elsewhere, but how refreshing to have a head of state calling …

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Citizen Wealth Takes Recession Beating

Citizen Wealth National Politics July 26, 2011July 26, 2011 by wade

New Orleans I knew it was coming, but I had crossed my fingers and hoped that it would not be so devastating.  Unfortunately the numbers are in and minorities especially have taken devastating downturns in their citizen wealth or basic assets during the recession pushing previous progress back a generation. According to a recently released …

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