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WATCH: Ron Paul Wants To Kill Costly Federal Student Loan Program (VIDEO)
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Posted on 10/23/2011 7:06:25 PM PDT by alexmai

His point is actually correct, a large part of the reason many schools way over-charg­e for tuition is that they know student will be lent them money and the students will often spend 50-60K a year “(or more) on tuition as opposed to finding the best deal for their money because the figure “i can just borrow it” not taking into account the crippling effects of being in your mid-twenti­es with 300K or so in debt. getting of the student loan program (for but the truly neediest cases,, and even then limiting it to no more than 15K a year) would force the schools that are over-charg­ing to ennact more competitiv­e pricing structure which would be both good for the taxpayers and the students.

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To: alexmai

If it puts lib “profs” in hotels cleaning toilets ( the only thing they are qualified for), I’ll vote for him yen times.


21 posted on 10/23/2011 8:42:02 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Da Coyote

IPAD goof. That’s “ten,” of course.


22 posted on 10/23/2011 8:44:00 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: TruthConquers

“Years from now, marrying someone with NO student loan debt, will be part of being a winner.”

Uhhh...I’ve read that this is true RIGHT NOW.

You know, it’s hard to believe that I never even bothered asking serious girlfriends or future wives about their financial condition - I knew that they worked, and that they seemed reasonably responsible. That seemed good enough at the time.


23 posted on 10/23/2011 8:56:02 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: television is just wrong
I worked my way through college, babysitting, cleaning homes, mowing lawns, jobs on campus, etc. One loan, 200.00 when I went one semester part time, they wanted payment in full.

Good for you! I also worked my way through as a co-op student plus I cleaned offices, moved furniture and pumped gas. I did not actually know that you could borrow money for college until years later after I graduated. I relied solely on whatever they told me at the Financial Aid office on campus. The student loans I was granted by "financial aid" were a total of $1500 and I paid them off many years ago.

24 posted on 10/23/2011 9:08:10 PM PDT by BRK
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To: alexmai

Paul loves to hear himself talk.

Can any one point to any success the 12 term congressman has had in any area?


25 posted on 10/23/2011 9:09:44 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Democrats are violent. Prisons are overflowing with democrats convicted of violent crimes.)
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To: nightmarewhileawake

Well, as someone who is going to college, and have taken out loans to help pay for it, let me just say the .Gov will get every single penny back..no ifs ands or buts about it.

What does amaze me is the 7% interest rates on the loans, when the prime rate is what..3%?

Do agree with Paul about tuition being a racket, because it is, however ending the loan program is not the best way to solve it imo.


26 posted on 10/23/2011 9:19:21 PM PDT by padre35 (You shall not ignore the laws of God, the Market, the Jungle, and Reciprocity Rm10.10)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
See, here, old boy. It's like chilling old claret or beating someone else's wife. It's just not done in the best circles.

Yes.....wouldn't want our betters to sully themselves by actually engaging in discourse with us, now would we?

27 posted on 10/23/2011 9:31:51 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: cripplecreek
Yeah I took a gander at the born on date myself.

Born in July, but still won't talk to us little people. How rude...

28 posted on 10/23/2011 9:32:59 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Grunthor
Looks like a Paulbot that doesn’t want to play.

That's what I'm thinking...

29 posted on 10/23/2011 9:33:59 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: The Antiyuppie

WOW, well, my daughter is only 18 and hasn’t even started thinking about marriage, yet.

Didn’t take as long as I thought for the student loan slavery meme to hit the dating scene!!!

sigh


30 posted on 10/23/2011 9:48:56 PM PDT by TruthConquers (Delendae sunt publicae scholae)
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To: television is just wrong
How would a student babysit and mow enough lawns today to pay the $50,000 plus in tuition and fees per year at many of our countries so-called institutions of higher learning? And I'm not just talking Ivies, I'm talking many B level or even lower schools.

Nobody would need such huge loans if tuition in this country hadn't risen 234% on average in the last 20 years.

1992— tuition and fees at my school: $20,000 2011 - $52,000!

31 posted on 10/24/2011 12:12:31 AM PDT by MacMattico
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To: MacMattico

There is NO economic reason for tuitions to rise at a 10-12% pace in the universities, but for TENURE, and insane union contracts.

As long as they can get government to foot the bill, they have NO incentive, whatsoever, to try and reign in costs.

And I am VERY familiar with how state-run universities operate, and it would make a federal wonk green with envy.


32 posted on 10/24/2011 12:16:34 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Election 2012: THE RAPTURE OF THE DEMOCRATS)
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To: tcrlaf

I hear you.

Occupy the Quad!


33 posted on 10/24/2011 12:18:56 AM PDT by MacMattico
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To: MacMattico

So.....where did you matriculate?

My daughter is a rather recent PharmD who is still paying off her student loans. However, $52,000 per year? Not even close...


34 posted on 10/24/2011 12:20:49 AM PDT by dixiechick2000 (Proud barbarian TEA Party SOB)
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To: dixiechick2000

Starts with an S ends with E... Just beat West Virginia yesterday!


35 posted on 10/24/2011 12:24:08 AM PDT by MacMattico
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To: MacMattico

PLEASE...it’s late. Don’t make me look it up.


36 posted on 10/24/2011 12:27:23 AM PDT by dixiechick2000 (Proud barbarian TEA Party SOB)
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To: dixiechick2000

Sorry...:) Syracuse


37 posted on 10/24/2011 12:28:46 AM PDT by MacMattico
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To: MacMattico

OH! Okie dokie...thank you.

Tuition surely is high in the NE.

We’re on the left coast, and her tuition, even in PharmD school, wasn’t nearly that high.


38 posted on 10/24/2011 12:31:23 AM PDT by dixiechick2000 (Proud barbarian TEA Party SOB)
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To: dixiechick2000

That’s tuition,room & board and all those wonderful, pointless “fees”.


39 posted on 10/24/2011 12:33:36 AM PDT by MacMattico
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To: MacMattico

The “fees” will kill ya’! No doubt about that. However, it’s still high compared to my daughter’s experience.

BTW, I was fortunate enough to see Syracuse in the championship game of the Final Four at the Meadowlands in, IIRC, ‘96. Boeheim is/was a great coach. Is he still there?


40 posted on 10/24/2011 12:44:23 AM PDT by dixiechick2000 (Proud barbarian TEA Party SOB)
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