In January 1918, some ten months before the end of World War I, US President Woodrow Wilson had written a list of proposed war aims which he called the Fourteen Points..
Today, discretionary spending makes up less than 40 percent of the entire budget. Net Interest-Net interest is the only part of future spending that cannot be reduced by legislative action because it is money that must be paid to service the U.S. debt.
These loans are fixed rate Direct unsubsidized loans. Each year, under federal law, Congress sets the interest rate on federal student loans with an effective date of July 1. The current interest rate for Direct Unsubsidized Loans for graduate students from July 1, 2016 â June 30, 2017 is 5.31%. Fees: When you borrow a Stafford Loan, the federal government charges an origination fee of 1.069% of the disbursed loan amount. The fee amount is deducted from the amount that you borrow.