In the wake of the great recession many Americans lost a job and that eroded their financial footing. Constrained income led many to default on their mortgage and borrow from credit card “funds” to cover priorities such as car loan payments. Families who did not regain jobs comparable to the ones they lost were sometimes […]
Biggest Consumer Concerns
Readers: Over the last month, we picked 5 major public policy issues and asked our readers to pick which of these issues were of most concern to them. Here are the final results of our online survey in order of importance: Economic Crisis (36%) Energy Independence (27%) War on Terrorism (12%) Health Insurance reform (10%) Global Warming (10%) All […]
