Opinion | The Great Student-Loan Scam

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Some economists are predicting a recession in the next year, but the New York Federal Reserve’s quarterly household debt survey last week showed few portents. What it did show is that more Americans are defaulting on their student loans, and that government budget gnomes have vastly underestimated the future taxpayer charge.

Defaults have fallen for most forms of consumer debt as the economic expansion continues. Mortgage delinquencies last quarter hit a historic low. But severely delinquent student loans have soared since...

 

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opinion They waiting for a socialist president to forgive their debt

opinion The 90/10 rule for lending is a major driver of this scam. If schools had to get private money for a larger portion of the students, most for-profit schools would collapse.

opinion BernieSanders Yeah, government is great. Your ideas will destroy this country.

opinion This has been true for years, even before Obama, and is true for all government programs. If you apply GAAP to entitlements the shortfall is in the 100s of trillions

opinion The government thru subsidizing college education costs created the high cost of college education. Further this was exacerbated by the 'everyone needs to go to college' crowd. Dumbasses

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opinion Blame President Obama...yea sure.

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