However, political reality is that some bailout is inevitable. A partial bailout in return for getting the government out of the loan business completely would be a bargain.
Logical Seven Point solution to the student loan crisis:
Yes, the taxpayer takes a 30% hit up front to liquidate this crisis, but that is far better than continuing to grow this monster.
. This is a necessary concession to the debtors who, in many cases, were duped into taking out loans they couldn’t afford.
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If they aren’t smart enough to figure out they can’t afford it, perhaps they don’t belong in college.
I spent 4 years active duty and even with the g.i. bill and me working, it didn’t take me very long to figure out, “With my young, small family, I still couldn’t afford it.
I managed to work until I was 54, with my children grown, I retired, happily retired for almost 16 years now.