Can 529 Plans Provide Quick Cash for College?

Saving for college
While 529 education savings plans can’t really promise quick cash for college, in recent years they’ve gained prominence as an effective way for parents to provide for the future higher education expenses of their children. A 529 education savings plan is a tax-deferred investment, similar to an [...]

It can take years to save money for your childs college education (photo: flickr.com)

Recession in American History Part 2: Quick Payday Loans to the Top

Continuing on with a brief history of recessionary periods in American history–
The federal government has a history of making quick payday loans to large corporations in their times of needing poor loans when they were on the skids.  Many large financial institutions have gotten this benefit from the government, and [...]

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Is Now the Time for Payday Loans? A Brief Modern History of Recessions, Part 1

Not the First Recession
This isn’t the first recession we’ve had in the United States, and it is certainly not the first time that economic downturns have sent people running for payday loans. The U.S. has had at least 18 recessions in its history, and has always recovered. [...]

Break it, Remake it | Quick Payday Loans and Mythbusting

We broke it, now we have to fix it.

Quick payday loans are useful for short-term money needs, but common sense is better for breaking and remaking the currently flawed economic system America operates under.
“Common sense is not so common.” – Voltaire
Ken Kurson of Esquire [...]

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