Archive for November 22, 2025
HILL STAFF VIEWS: 50-Year Mortgage Idea DOA With Hill Staffers
(QUICK READ) — With an average age of 27 among the 12,ooo+ congressional aides working on Capitol Hill, their assessment of the utility or advisability of the 50-year mortgage proposal floated recently by President Donald Trump is worth noting. The average of the first-time buyer these days is 40 years, up significantly from the days…
Read MoreCULTURE: Gen Zers Spending Less Time With Others; Young Men Dropping Out of the Workplace
(QUICK READ) — New survey data analyzed by the Institute for Family Studies (IFS) finds a sharp decline in the amount of face-to-face time young GenZers spend with other people, but especially their friends, in conversation. There is also disturbing new data indicating young men are dropping out of the job market at unprecedented rates.…
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