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Why make government the prime source for student loans?
The Washington Post ^ | 7 MAR 10 | By Lamar Alexander

Posted on 03/07/2010 9:04:35 AM PST by DoctorBulldog

[...] Here is what they haven't told us: The Education Department will borrow money at 2.8 percent from the Treasury, lend it to you at 6.8 percent and spend the difference on new programs. So you'll work longer to pay off your student loan to help pay for someone else's education -- and to help your U.S. representative's reelection. [...]

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: government; loans; socialim; student
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To: KoRn

“why they aren’t wanting to regulate the universities and educators in the same way”

AGW. Corruption of academic freedom. Profiteering via adjunct instructors without benes. Violating scientific practice by interweaving crap data with actual results.

It’s communist reallocation of academic products. CRAP.

The results of this is wave after wave of ‘degreed,’ ‘credentialed’ graduates, many of whose majors are in little more than boiling water.


21 posted on 03/07/2010 6:43:26 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spirito Sancto.)
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To: gundog

Just because he said it, doesn’t mean it will happen. People still have to qualify for jobs, although, in the next 5 yrs, lots of govt employees will be retiring, and there probably will be job openings.


22 posted on 03/07/2010 10:57:00 PM PST by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different)
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To: hinckley buzzard

I don’t think many banks make student loans under terms similar to student loans, do they?


23 posted on 03/07/2010 10:58:39 PM PST by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different)
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To: TennTuxedo

In the next 5 yrs, there will be very many govt employees retiring.


24 posted on 03/07/2010 10:59:29 PM PST by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different)
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To: ridesthemiles

“I advised her to look for someone over the age of 50.”
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If we lived close together I would suggest my wife. She is a seasoned professional at that work and you couldn’t make her steal a dime if you held a gun to her head.


25 posted on 03/08/2010 11:50:42 AM PST by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a leftist is like trying to catch sunshine in a fish net at midnight.)
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To: stuartcr

Soon everyone will qualify..when they default, the evil “rich” taxpayers will pay(. Think Freddie and Fanny)

The “right” to an education and “right” to a home are pushed by the kleptocrats in both parties.


26 posted on 03/22/2010 8:37:13 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
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