
No one likes debt. Here are three steps to get out of it.

We look at the action and inaction this year's shamefully combative Congress.

How the Tea Party's successful fight against help for debt-ridden Americans set the stage for Occupy Wall Street.

A new survey reveals that half of affluent parents won't pay for their kids' college on principle.

Our fractured process and the inability of the two parties to compromise inspired the S&P to throw up its hands.

As our nation comes to terms with the possibility of its credit score being downgraded, a reflection on never having credit debt in the first place.
Think you have the answers? Go ahead and try to balance the budget with this game, we dare you.

Both are the result of poor management, and the people at fault aren't likely to be the ones paying the price.

Apparently debt is good for young people's egos. But is this a good thing?

For the first time in history Americans owe more on their student loans than on their credit cards. That's going to make growing up hard.

Having trouble getting your friends to pay you back that $20? Well now they can swipe a credit card on you phone. It's handy for small business too.
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