Lisa WhitleyThis is how I want you to understand the college affordability crisis.As taxpayers, we understand, and largely accept, that a good deal of the taxes we pay will go to causes that will not benefit us directly…3 min read·Oct 6, 2023----
Lisa WhitleyFirefighters & ProfessorsThis is how I want you to understand the college affordability crisis.3 min read·Jul 6, 2023----
Lisa WhitleyCui Bono?Several bills were recently introduced in Congress (passed through committee with bipartisan support) to lower the barriers to entry for…2 min read·May 1, 2023----
Lisa WhitleyDon’t Tell Me Where You Went to School. I Don’t Care.One of the more positive fallouts from the growing attention to the student debt crisis is the focus on the underlying issue, the high cost…2 min read·Jan 22, 2023----
Lisa WhitleyIs earned wage access the kinder, gentler face of payday lending?In principle, there should be absolutely nothing wrong with requesting an “advance” on your weekly or bi-weekly paycheck. When the…2 min read·Oct 24, 2021----
Lisa WhitleyVoting Rights = Financial Wellness. Full Stop.If you care about student debt and the cost of college, housing affordability, child and elder care that does not require you to sacrifice…2 min read·Sep 22, 2021----
Lisa WhitleyIt’s Time to Unstack the DecksIn his recent book, Ben Rhodes wrote, “This is the apathy that those with unchecked power seek to engender in others: the idea that it’s…3 min read·Jun 22, 2021----
Lisa WhitleyThe Lost Opportunity of SECURE 2.0Because it was enacted so close to the arrival of the pandemic and the subsequent CARES Act, the SECURE Act of December 2019 barely…4 min read·May 24, 2021----
Lisa WhitleyPublic Policy & The Pursuit of HappinessThe annual World Happiness Report was released in March and we Americans are…not completely despondent. The US ranks 14th on the list and…3 min read·Apr 24, 2021----
