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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:47 PM Original message |
NY Times: That Student Loan, So Hard to Shake |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. My education,....served me poorly. Why is a student load treated different from any other? |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It is treated differently to give an incentive to the bank to loan the money to you |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Instead of starting grown up life with a degree in-hand |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Too bad we don't do what some of those European nations do, which is |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. The question we should be asking is, "How did it get this way?" |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 12:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Move to Georgia -- tuition is free for high school grads with B grades. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Students go to college with the goal of getting an education to help their families.but. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 12:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. It's the main reason our country is not able to compete with other countries. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 01:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. There's an idea... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 01:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. She did not plan it that way, but it did end up being that |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. I know so many people who got college loans....then paid the rest of their tuition on credit cards. |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. so many of us are suffering huge student loan debt.... :( eom |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. A lot of students get told 'do what you want or makes you happy and the money will follow'. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. If student loans are an investment, then people should be able |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 07:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I don't really see education as a business, but it can stil be viewed as a investment. |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-24-08 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
14. You know, the "financial aid officers" at schools are just as bad ... |
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