Debt Definition and 67 Threads

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25346529-23109,00.html Imagine the desperation that brings so many to such an end. Heartbreaking.

My parents are willing to pay $25,000 of my tuition and I will have to take out loans on the rest of my expenses. Should I do this to go to the superior school or go to a state school like UVA or VT which my parents would pay everything for?

Who, exactly, does this country owe the $10 trillion or so to? Other countries, and if so, why? If not, then who? I've never really thought about it, but I realized "national debt" doesn't actually mean anything to me.

scenario: If any generator ultimately 'pushes' current (free surface electrons) down a wire, moving trillions of trillions of electrons through power wires towards our homes and other uses . . . what is the source of electrons at the generator site to replenish electrons? There can not...

ok, so here's the deal. I got some financial aid, but not much cause there's a priority deadline at my university to be considered for financial aid, and i applied way later than that date. My parents have been saving money for my college. My family isn't very wealthy, but I am sure that...

National Debt. To get a general idea of the importance of the national debt to a small sample of citizens - from PF as well as veiws of some foreign members. Recently, the US gov't went bankrupt...for about a day I think. It was just before congress raised the ceiling on the national debt...

I got just the solution! Who needs to wait for higher taxes? 1. Make check payable to the Bureau of the Public Debt. 2. In the memo section of the check, notate Gift to reduce Debt Held by the Public. 3. Mail check to - ATTN: Dept G Bureau of the Public Debt P.O. BOX 2188 Parkersburg, WV...

The US has a national debt proportionally similar to that of France or Germany and about 50% of Japan’s. Some of the US debt is owed to its corporations and citizens while some of it is owed to foreign entities. China has a large trade surplus with the US and increasingly owns a goodly share...

Like any loan, the government accrues interest that compounds over time on the amount it owes. If the annual interest rate is r, then the number of years it takes for the amount of money owed to increase by a factor of x is Y=1/r ln(x) where ln is the natural logarithm. The average...

Well, it seems that the bombings in London during the G8 summit refocues our minds on Terrorism, and away from the Political agendas that many many people in the lead up to the summit were focusing on: Enviromental issues, and African Poverty. So to try and refocus some of your minds back...

I'm starting a "debt snowball" approach to paying off my debts and am wondering how long it will take to pay them off and how much interest I will end up paying annually. I'm ok with math, but this is too complex for me. I have: 3 credit cards car loan personal loan 401(k) loan If someone is...

How can i calculate how many months it would take me to pay off a debt if I only make the minimum payment? let say I ow 5000 my interest rate is 6.4% my payment rate is 2% so If i calculate my minimum payment I know it be 100 more or less but I i just pay that minimum how many month it would...

I am currently in my second semester at a university with a small physics department (4-6 professors, 40 undergraduates and 0 graduates). It’s cheap enough that if I stay here till I graduate I probably will have no debt or maybe 1-2,000, but I’m considering transferring. Right now I have about...

I'm currently a sophmore at a community college, I work 30 hours a week and take 14-17 hours worth of courses year round. So far I've had little trouble managing my coursework and my job, but my classes have been relatively light. I'm wrapping up calculus I with a B in the next few weeks...

First of all, I would like to thank all of you who post on these forums. I've been reading it thoroughly ever since my first post here, and have found a wealth of information. It has helped me a lot. Especially ZapperZ's wonderful "So you want to be a physicist" guide. My question is...

Like any loan, the government accrues interest that compounds over time on the amount it owes. If the annual interest rate is r, then the number of years it takes for the amount of money owed to increase by a factor of x is Y=1/r ln(x) where ln is the natural logarithm. The average...

How much are you in debt ? I'm talking about credit card,students loans etc. I have 0 debt, from every paycheck I try to save at least 2/3.Whenever I buy plane ticket using credit card I pay at once full amount back. How about you people ?