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Apr 9, 2018

04/09/2018: Income sharing — the new alternative to student loans?

(Markets Edition) The Trump administration is proposing to cut nearly $130 billion over a decade to SNAP, the country’s federal food stamp program. We’ll look at what this could mean for brick-and-mortar stores that sell groceries. Afterwards, we’ll explain why gas prices are higher during the summer, and then talk with Sheila Bair — former chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. — about an alternative to student debt that would have you paying a percentage of your income.

Students pull a mock 'ball & chain' representing the $1.4 trilling outstanding student debt at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, where second presidential debate will be held between Republican nominee Donald Trump and his Democratic counterpart Hillary Clinton.
Students pull a mock 'ball & chain' representing the $1.4 trilling outstanding student debt at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, where second presidential debate will be held between Republican nominee Donald Trump and his Democratic counterpart Hillary Clinton.
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(Markets Edition) The Trump administration is proposing to cut nearly $130 billion over a decade to SNAP, the country’s federal food stamp program. We’ll look at what this could mean for brick-and-mortar stores that sell groceries. Afterwards, we’ll explain why gas prices are higher during the summer, and then talk with Sheila Bair — former chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. — about an alternative to student debt that would have you paying a percentage of your income.

04/09/2018: Income sharing — the new alternative to student loans?