Federal debt articles
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Federal government shares plan to build on federally-owned land
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. The federal government says it plans to lease and build on under-used federally-owned lands. The government says the plan is part of what it calls an “ambitous housing strategy” and part of the 2024 federal budget tabled this week. The federal lands can include post offices, government buildings, or an armoury. An armoury in Nova […]
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Column: Are Republicans who got pandemic debt relief hypocrites for complaining about student debt relief? Yes
You may have noticed over the last few days that the political world is in an uproar over President Biden's dispensing of student debt relief. It's not so much that Biden implemented the relief program at all; what got politicians and pundits in a tizzy was that he called out the GOP naysayers in the House by pointing out that many of them had received business loans via the pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, that had never been paid back. The White House tweeted out the forgiven...
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Lima Kokua partners with RIP Medical Debt Relief to clear medical debt across nation
“I was shocked to learn that medical debt was the number one cause of personal bankruptcy. This, along with the desire to help our neighbors across Hawaii, convinced our group that eliminating the medical debt hanging over many of them."