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The Biggest Problem with Student Loans
National Review ^ | 09/13/2015 | Kevin Williamson

Posted on 09/13/2015 6:37:19 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 09/13/2015 6:37:19 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

What a rambling and logically contradictory piece.

This guy is one of NR’s vicious anti-Trump hit men.


2 posted on 09/13/2015 6:39:28 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: SeekAndFind
The Biggest Problem with Student Loans

That we're making them in the first place? Doing so fuels exorbitant inflation of tuition, and gives government something they can use as a club against any institution that dares stray from the PC path. And for what? I don't see an upside here.

3 posted on 09/13/2015 6:39:48 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!Just read)
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To: SeekAndFind
... and the appearance of those M.F.A.s in creative writing and doctorates in being socially disappointed are an indication that some portion of your population is getting there.

Huh?

4 posted on 09/13/2015 6:40:16 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I want to live my cat's life.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Do you know the meaning of the word “excerpt”?


5 posted on 09/13/2015 6:40:54 PM PDT by 4Runner
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IF:
...they were private loans,
AND:
...they were not not government guaranteed,
AND:
...they were not protected from standard bankruptcy law;
THEN:
...the problem would correct itself.


6 posted on 09/13/2015 6:42:04 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Read Ohio University’s Richard Vedder, director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity.
recently spoke of the cause of rising higher education costs.. ‘”Colleges are an escape from reality. Believe me, I’ve lived in one for half a century. It’s like living in Disneyland. They’re these little isolated enclaves of nonreality.”


7 posted on 09/13/2015 6:42:26 PM PDT by griswold3 (Just another unlicensed nonconformist in am dangerous Liberal world.)
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To: SeekAndFind
WTF can you do or earn with a degree in woman's studies ?

I got plenty of woman's studies at college and it didn't cost me a second of classroom time.

8 posted on 09/13/2015 6:44:41 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk (Hey Newbomb, where's your brothers ElCamino ?)
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To: 9YearLurker

Yep. That beat-down Breitbart’s columnists have given Williamson has clearly knocked him off his game. Which is surprising, because I’ve always thought Williamson was an excellent columnist.


9 posted on 09/13/2015 6:46:20 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Bush [the 90s rock band] for POTUS 2016!!!)
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To: 4Runner

RE: Do you know the meaning of the word “excerpt”?

Yes I do , why do you ask?

Some sites do not complain about posting the complete article.

Townhall and National Review are a few of them.

Others limit your posts to 300 words ( and the software of FR will do it for you automatically ).


10 posted on 09/13/2015 6:47:30 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (What is the difference between Obama and government bonds? Government bonds will mature someday)
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To: SeekAndFind
This is pure buffoonery. The guy cannot write as witnessed by his numerous grammatical errors. This is the next wave in "journalism." Nonsense.
11 posted on 09/13/2015 7:18:23 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: SeekAndFind

This guy is a terrible writer.


12 posted on 09/13/2015 7:22:53 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I've switched. Trump is my #1. He understands how to get things done. Cruz can be VP.)
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We’re definitely overdue for some comprehensive tuition reform. These joints are ripping the kids off with their out of sight tuition costs. If college administrators were being treated the way CEOs are, people would be screaming for their heads. JMO.


13 posted on 09/13/2015 7:27:56 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Liberals keep looking for ways to be offended. I keep looking for ways to offend them.)
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Money laundering, nothing more.

Financed by your tax dollars.

14 posted on 09/13/2015 7:31:21 PM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Stupid question but I will ask anyway.

Two people get married, each owing on student loans. After they marry, and if a spouse dies, would the other be responsible for the deceased spouse’s unpaid loan?


15 posted on 09/13/2015 7:40:13 PM PDT by hsmomx3 (GO STEELERS!!!!!!)
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To: hsmomx3

Good question.


16 posted on 09/13/2015 7:41:40 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Liberals keep looking for ways to be offended. I keep looking for ways to offend them.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Your Honor, I will be able to post bail and retain my own attorney once my student loan is processed.”

I’ve heard these exact words numerous times in open court. I don’t believe that this was ever the intention of the do-gooders’ program.

Oldplayer


17 posted on 09/13/2015 8:00:57 PM PDT by oldplayer
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To: SeekAndFind; Kaslin
Thanks for not excerpting, when it's unnecessary, as you noted, if an excerpt is required, the F.R. soft ware will let you know.

Some posters excerpt Rush Limbaugh articles, when Rush graciously allows F.R. to post the whole thing. F.R. member "Kaslin" is aware of this, that's why I only click Rush's stuff when she posts it.

Keep up the good work, both of you.

18 posted on 09/13/2015 8:24:00 PM PDT by Graybeard58 ( Bill and Hillary Clinton are the penicillin-resistant syphilis of our political system.)
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To: oldplayer

My ex d-I-l got a student loan about 5 years ago, I don’t know the amount but has never set foot on a college campus or even taken on line classes, that was never her goal, her goal was to buy more drugs and that she did.

What will the gov. do, garnish her welfare check?


19 posted on 09/13/2015 8:31:54 PM PDT by Graybeard58 ( Bill and Hillary Clinton are the penicillin-resistant syphilis of our political system.)
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To: hsmomx3

No, unless if it was a private loan they took out together or one consigned for the other.

The government used to give out spousal consolidation loans (combining both spouses student loans into one, usually made a lower payment over a longer term) but they no longer offer these.


20 posted on 09/13/2015 8:39:17 PM PDT by MacMattico
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