Tag Archives: Higher Education Act
Higher Education Act Reauthorization Status
Advocates for limited government power often suggest including sunset dates in legislation so bad laws have automatic triggers to end them. Yet this is already a common practice; however, our legislators actually use the practice for self-promotion by “rewinning” past … Continue reading
How to Fix Federal Student Loan Debt without the Democrats’ Debt Forgiveness Promises
On the campaign trail, Democratic candidates fall over themselves to promise broad federal student loan forgiveness for votes; but when it comes to reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, which governs the federal student loan program and is before Congress … Continue reading
What should Congress do? #3 Eliminate Small Programs
Given President Obama’s abdication in presenting select priorities to the Congress, Selfish Citizenship took the initiative to spell out the top seven legislative priorities for 2013 at the beginning of the year. The federal government funds many small programs unrelated … Continue reading