Opinion
The Patriot Act, not your credit score, could be what’s holding up your mortgage loan app
When Congress passed the Patriot Act in late 2001, many Americans agreed it was a good idea. The legislation was written to identify foreign and domestic terrorists by tracking the movements of those funding them. As a result, most of the Act’s new regulatory powers were given to the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury.…
Read MoreDysfunctional government is the greatest threat to our future
It seems these days we are beset and besieged by a host of difficult problems, both on the state and national level. One might, in fact, have a difficult time just choosing what our biggest challenge is. Consider the following. Our economy is still not fully recovered from the Great Recession. Unemployment remains high…
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