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Elizabeth Warren
In reply to the discussion: Elizabeth Warren blasts "obscene" US profits on school loans [View all]F4lconF16
(3,747 posts)38. I hope she succeeds
and I hope she can fix some of the private lending practices as well. As a current out of state student, I have no idea how I'm going to afford my last year of school (thank goodness my parents have saved enough to get me that far), let alone graduate school, almost a necessity in my chosen field. The debt that many of my friends are incurring is going to kill them when they get out, and they'll even have good medical and engineering jobs, hopefully. These loans are crushing students, and I know more than a few brilliant people that could have led fortune 500 companies that are relegated to $9 an hour jobs at McDonalds.
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If Hillary Clinton is the annointed one, we need to ask her about this issue.
JDPriestly
Feb 2014
#18
When the banks were making the obscene profits it was AOK for decades, but if government
Fred Sanders
Feb 2014
#5
It's understandable why the Conservatives dont want an educated population, but
rhett o rick
Feb 2014
#37
I agree with other posters, yourself included I presume that sky high tuition rates are the crux
Fred Sanders
Feb 2014
#22
Truer words about the current state of education in this country have rarely been spoken..
whathehell
Feb 2014
#39
Go after collection agencies grabbing money from 30 year old student loan debt...
Spitfire of ATJ
Feb 2014
#10
His biggest fear was that average people would realize the rich were dumb as posts.
Spitfire of ATJ
Feb 2014
#30
Admit it, until the intertubes most people thought the rich were pretty smart.
Spitfire of ATJ
Feb 2014
#32
I've met some. They consider me to be a "hacker" because I can use a mouse....
Spitfire of ATJ
Feb 2014
#36
Subsidies to corps, tax havens for the rich, rip-off the kids. USA! USA! USA!
polichick
Feb 2014
#12