November 28, 2018 Another Potential Government Shutdown Approaches Government shutdowns are costly for the government, government workers, and for private citizens. The drama surrounding government shutdowns... Read More
November 25, 2018 What Happens when the Debt Ceiling isn't Raised? In February, the Trump administration signed legislation suspending the ceiling until the end of the first quarter of 2019. This decision allows... Read More
November 25, 2018 How Millennials can Change Congress The recent midterm elections saw a 29-year old woman win against a 10-term congressman in New York's 14th congressional district. Alexandria Ocasio... Read More
November 20, 2018 How is the Tax Reform going to affect Millennials? The Tax Cut and Jobs Act will be the first major tax reform that young adults have ever seen. This new law should simplify the process of filing... Read More
November 19, 2018 How the Tax Reform will affect Health Care and Mortgage The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was developed to simplify the way people file their taxes. One of the major changes is the significant increase of the... Read More
November 14, 2018 Beginning a Life of Leadership and Advocacy By: Bianca Mendoza, San Francisco State University My name is Bianca Mendoza and I am the Community Out Reach Lead of Up to Us at San Francisco... Read More
November 7, 2018 A Movement will be Sweeping the Nation Today - My Two Cents Day A movement driven by passionate millennials will be sweeping across the nation today because... it’s My Two Cents Day (#MTCD). Over the past seven... Read More
November 5, 2018 Fiscal Policy Changes are Contributing to Positive Short-term and Negative long-term Effects Major policy changes in the United States will never be apolitical. For every argument made in favor of a given move, there's a partisan... Read More
October 24, 2018 Breaking Down the Federal Budget over the Last Decade Federal spending has increased over the last decade, which won't just affect millennials today but will carry an impact into their lives long into... Read More
October 19, 2018 Are Tariffs Enough to Pay the National Debt? In the early half of 2018, President Trump cracked down on trade practices by implementing tariffs on countries such as Mexico, Canada and the... Read More
October 14, 2018 How Lifting the Debt Ceiling Creates a Higher National Debt Debt - it's the dreaded "d" word. When people have lots of it, they may be forced to beg or borrow some more. But what happens when the nation finds... Read More
October 8, 2018 The U.S. Trade War: Burning Bridges to Growth Two weeks into May 2018, following a meeting between top economic officials from the United States and China, a temporary truce was struck. Beijing... Read More
