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Your Tax Refund Is Not a Bonus. The Government Has Been Holding Your Money All Year.

Your Tax Refund Is Not a Bonus. The Government Has Been Holding Your Money All Year.

Every spring, millions of Americans get a check from the IRS and feel great about it. They call it a windfall. A bonus. Found money. Some people plan vacations around it. Buy furniture.…

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Renting Isn’t Throwing Money Away — and Buying Isn’t Always Smart

Renting Isn’t Throwing Money Away — and Buying Isn’t Always Smart

There is a line that gets passed down from generation to generation like a financial commandment: “Renting is throwing money away.” You’ve heard it. Probably from a parent, an uncle, a well-meaning friend…

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We’re Charging Full Tuition for Half an Education

We’re Charging Full Tuition for Half an Education

Let’s be honest about something that most people feel but rarely say out loud: we are sending students into the real world with half the tools they actually need to survive in it.…

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