The Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch: Retiring in a low-tax state may not save you money if you still have mortgage debt, says NCPA Senior Fellow Pamela Villarreal in an article featuring her work at The Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch. More than half of people about to retire still carry mortgage debt, and many will carry it with them years into retirement.
Lloyd M. Bentsen IV is the NCPA senior research fellow covering a variety of topics that includes education reform, school choice, student engagement, energy, environment, natural resources and economics. Lloyd is a regular contributor to the NCPA Education Reform Blog. Lloyd received his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Southern Methodist University and Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Houston.
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Heartlander: One of the only new things in Obama’s State of the Union address was his call for a federal minimum wage of $10.10 per hour, said NCPA Senior Fellow Pamela Villarreal in a Heartlander article. Villarreal says the majority of the speech was recycled from 2013.
AARP Bulletin: Retirees’ money is increasingly being spent on debt, asserted a piece in the AARP Bulletin. According to the piece, which quoted the NCPA study on retiree spending, retirees are spending more on mortgages, home equity loans, and credit card debt now than in the past.
Psychology Today: Inequality doesn’t just happen – it happens for a reason, says NCPA President John Goodman in a piece at Psychology Today op-ed. Goodman examines the sources of inequality and identifies several key behaviors that make it nearly impossible to remain poor.
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FOX Business: President Obama’s executive order to raise the minimum wage for federal contract workers could result in workers having their hours scaled back and a further distortion of the labor market in exchange for less than $100 extra dollars a week, says NCPA Senior Fellow Pamela Villarreal in a FOX Business.com article.
FOX Business: On Lou Dobbs Tonight (FOX Business), NCPA President John Goodman stresses that ObamaCare cannot survive in its present form. With no movement from either party or the insurance companies to address the problems, Goodman says that the fact that people have been left in the dark is “a tragedy.”
Carolina Journal Online: In a Carolina Journal Online article, NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick questions the AARP’s support for reducing Medicate Advantage subsidies. “It doesn’t make sense if you’re really advocating for care for seniors that you would support a law that essentially funded itself into perpetuity by cutting Medicare fees for the very doctors and hospitals that treat your constituents,” and run the risk of reducing service, said Herrick.
FOX News.com: To transition from poverty into prosperity, a nation must have a free market system, backed by a government that is committed to using its power for the benefit of the people, argues co-author and NCPA Senior Economist Barry Asmus in a Fox News.com op-ed.
FOX Business.com: In an FOX Business.com article, NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick says that with the administration expressing concerns about healthcare.gov, investors are hesitant to put money in insurers.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Online: In a Fort Worth Star-Telegram editorial, NCPA President John Goodman’s recommends that Republican health care reform be simple, understandable and workable, as well as focused on themes that resonate with Americans and provide an economic incentive for those at the bottom in order to be successful.
FOX News Channel: David Henderson discusses the social fabric of income inequality and his NCPA study on The Special Report with Bret Baier. According to Henderson, children from single-parent households must work much harder to succeed.
FOX Business.com: Though 3 million people are now enrolled in ObamaCare, the administration’s reports continually neglect to discuss premium payments and demographics of those enrolling, says NCPA Senior Fellow Devon Herrick in an online FOX Business.com article.
RH Reality Check: Quoting a cost of living issue brief published by the NCPA, Sheila Bapat of RH Reality Check asserts that the federal cost of living is not a substantive definition of minimum standards of living across the nation.
Wall Street Journal: With ObamaCare facing low youth enrollment and a possible insurance death spiral, NCPA President John Goodman exposes the program’s underlying problems.
Forbes: Despite spending trillions of dollars, America has made little to no progress in the War on Poverty. NCPA President John Goodman explains why.
The New American: NCPA President John Goodman highlights the economic risks posed by the lack of youth enrollment in ObamaCare
AARP Blog: Studies from the National Center for Policy Analysis and the AARP Public Policy Institute concur – retirees are spending increasing amounts of the their money on debt.