Walter Williams’ PBS documentary Good Intentions based on his book, The State Against Blacks (1982). The documentary was very controversial at the time it was released and led to many animosities and even threats of murder. In Good Intentions, Dr. Williams examines the failure of the war on poverty and the devastating effect of well meaning government policies on blacks asserting that the state harms people in the US more than it helps them. He shows how government anti-poverty programs have often locked people into poverty making the points that: – being forced to attend 3rd rate public schools leave students unprepared for working life – minimum wages prevent young people from obtaining jobs at an early age – licensing and labor laws have had the effect of restricting entrance of blacks into the skilled trades and unions – the welfare system creates perverse incentives for the poor to make bad choices they otherwise would not Dr. Williams presents the following solutions to these problems: Failing Public Schools – Give parents greater control over their children’s education by setting up a tuition tax credit or voucher system to broaden competition in turn revitalizing both public and non-public schools Minimum Wages – Remove the minimum wage from youngsters to give more young people the chance to learn the world of work at an early age instead spending their free time idle an possibly falling into the habits of the street Restrictive Labor Laws, Jobs Programs …
President Obama discusses revamping government college loan programs. For more news video by Current TV visit current.com VIEW more Obama videos & SUBSCRIBE to the youtube playlist here… www.youtube.com
The government has many websites to apply for free grants, loans and scholarships. Find out more about each grant option with tips from a consumer credit counselor in this free video on personal finance management. Expert: Maria Enomoto Contact: www.gotdebt.org Bio: Maria Enomoto works as a credit counselor for Consumer Credit Counseling services in San Jose, California. Filmmaker: Bing Hu
While in the US credit card companies are pushing forcredit card usage by forcing the protection against criminal activities aspect, German banks are actually promoting the opposite. German customers will become increaingly liable for incidents as they will have to prove in the future that misusage of their debit or credit cards as well as online accounts has been caused by criminal activities against which they were unable to protect from.
Tuesday, 21 July 2009 US Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio, 10th District) questions Neil M. Barofsky, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP), testifying before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, about interest payments made to banks that keep their TARP funds and other government (taxpayer) bailout money with the Federal Reserve, instead of making loans to struggling Americans (the original intent of the TARP, remember?) The Fed …
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