{"id":1026,"date":"2015-02-24T00:16:58","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T05:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2015-02-24T00:16:58","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T05:16:58","slug":"whats-holding-you-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/?p=1026","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Holding You Back?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/debt_ball_and_chai_450.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1028\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/debt_ball_and_chai_450-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"debt_ball_and_chai_450\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/debt_ball_and_chai_450-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/debt_ball_and_chai_450.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Ever not answered the phone because you knew it was a creditor trying to collect on your college debt? \u00a0Over the last many years, education debts\u00a0have increased while job opportunities declined. \u00a0This has caused many people in the under-thirty category to be unable to follow the &#8220;usual&#8221; path of work, home ownership and family. \u00a0Statics are showing that many people are overwhelmed by debt and underemployed leaving the economy in a precarious place as these groups continue to reduce their spending. \u00a0How do we create affordable education and jobs upon graduation? \u00a0And where will this vicious cycle end?<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com\/2015\/02\/19\/the-ball-and-chain-of-student-debt\/?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&amp;smprod=nytcore-ipad&amp;_r=0\">The Ball and Chain of Student Debt<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever not answered the phone because you knew it was a creditor trying to collect on your college debt? \u00a0Over the last many years, education debts\u00a0have increased while job opportunities declined. \u00a0This has caused many people in the under-thirty category to be unable to follow the &#8220;usual&#8221; path of work, home ownership and family. \u00a0Statics &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/?p=1026\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What&#8217;s Holding You Back?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,12],"tags":[261,262,263,77,264,265],"class_list":["post-1026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-personal-finances","tag-college-debt","tag-college-loans","tag-graduation","tag-job","tag-spending-less","tag-underemployed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1026"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1029,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026\/revisions\/1029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nw-cpa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}