$1 Trillion in Student Loan Debt Sparks Furor & Exposing The Loan Racket!, page 3
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reply posted on 24-10-2011 @ 08:40 PM by marg6043
reply to post by WeRpeons



Thats when you see how American capitalism works and how it screws the consumer, see before student loans and so call "private colleges for the poor" education was affordable and the government and the states had enough on grants and give aways for those that work hard in their school years to pay for a whole 4 years of education.

Back in the 70s when I graduated from high school I earned two grands one from the federal government and one by the state, my tuitions were less than 100 hundred dollars a semester and credits were as low as 5 dollars each.

I went to an university no college and I had enough from the grands to pay for everything.

What happen? well bankers realized that it was time to profit from education so student loans were invented under the umbrella of "education for all" so if you could not earn a grant from the state or federal you could pay your way to an education in the many colleges that also started to sprout all over the nation, but one big problem, the cost of this colleges were way higher than the universities.

So after the seventies everything started to cost more and more, that semester that used to cost me 100 dollars became a 1000 and so on until the outrageous debt is now the norm and so the semesters in any university or college.

I lived through the whole transition.



reply posted on 24-10-2011 @ 09:01 PM by gwynnhwyfar
reply to post by Make Speed Limit 45



Did you read my post? My son attends a state university, Arizona State University, in the College of Technology and Innovation at the Polytechnic campus. Here is the tuition schedule for this year (total for both semester lower right corner of the grid) which will be $9074.00 for this year, just for tuition. That does not count books or housing or meals. If the tuition is the same for all four years (which it will not be, as they continue to increase it every year) that totals $36,296.00. He attends a STATE university and a TECHNICAL program.

"That is their own fault" my Aunt Fanny!!!
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reply posted on 25-10-2011 @ 12:26 AM by zarp3333
This is what happened when the bureaucrats took a lead from the rackets being run on Capitol Hill. It is really no different from the Mafia with bosses and under bosses. The irony is that the Mafia placed the DC metro strictly off limits to the usual hustles and schemes. It was the only major American city with no organized crime per se.

In the eighties the pencil pushers realized the American public was out to lunch and the vault was wide open. the congressmen couldn't say a damn thing because they were so dirty. As a matter of fact, each year congress passes an increase to the maximum loan limit without a debate.

The colleges immediately follow suit. That is why the tuitions have increased at 10 times the CPI. In the mean time, Freddie Mac has no incentive to negotiate terms on delinquent loans. They count on a 33%'default rate in their annual Profit and Loss projections.

No other bank can dip into paychecks and IRS refunds with absolute impunity. Although people try to go to court to stop them, the success rate is less than 1%. Even in extreme cases such as students dropping out because of Multiple Sclerosis or deaths of a parent, the Feds give them the strong arm treatment like a loan shark. What's the point of busting knees when you can simply tap a paycheck, inheritance or equity position in investments? It's quite a racket.

This is why the entire federal govt and ALL of congress must be locked up. If it goes on much longer, the people will soon realize they can't lock us all up. FEMA camps are a #ing joke. They're not enough of them either.

Bring on the guilotine.


reply posted on 25-10-2011 @ 01:32 AM by vonnareverse
reply to post by CaDreamer


Student loans can not be defaulted on Neither can TAXES, there are a few businesses or Industry's that are guaranteed a HUGE profit margin and NEVER have to face the specter of little to now gains. In my opinion their no better than Gangsters, Using extortion to get protection money.
The Colleges, the government give salliemay? is that the name? get money to loan for educations, the colleges, in order to get a Bigger chunk, that in addition to the Tuition, charge extra fees for service you don't want or need, like use of the commons the library, the School gym, and track. many times the Frrs are higher than the truition, So the loan is not paying for education but for the enrichment of the college Institutions, if you only had to pay for the tuition, books and Supplies Education would be more affordable, but NO you cant default or declare bankruptcy no matter how broke you are. So the college get sit s guaranteed money Up front, weather you graduate or not, and the lender is guaranteed repayment no matter how long it takes, and Even benefits if you default as the can add Wonderful $$$$$ fees to your Ass-ets until your dead. and even then they will probably go after any inheritance you spouse or kind may be entitled to.

ALL banks, Guaranteed PROFITS, paid for by YOU, and ME and the rest of the 99% 'ers.

Insurance's, Car, home, health, All the same. you pay 100 in protection get 10 cents worth of benefits, and Punishments if you fail maintain insurance. our car broke down, So we were going to park it in the garage until we could afford to repair it, went to cancel the Full coverage on it, ans were informed that that was doable, but that when we were ready to put full coverage BACK on the car after repairs, our rate would be higher. to the degree the insurance agency would make up what they lost while the car sat Idle. So we were told we might as well keep the insurance on it. cheaper for us to uninsured it, De register is as defunct, repair it then Sell it. and buy a Different car, to get around their BS. when we need to insure the new car.
Hospital care, they paid by Insurance but CO-OPTED by shareholders, who Ultimately decide the quality of the care you get ALL to protect there profit margins. guaranteed Profits.
Monsanto, Patenting organic Life, and Using lobbyists to guarantee no matter what, there bottom line is protected.
Even Suing farmer for not buying there seeds, and winning. If Monsanto GMO seed are found in a farmers field no matter how they got there, weather dropped by birds, blown by the wind or threw Sabotage, the judge says No matter how they got there, the farmer is liable for damages to Monsanto.
SO Monsanto COULD theoretically fly over farms not buying there seeds, DROP GMO seeds then come back and Sue the farmer and take His farm.
think of all the entity's that have found Unfair ways to guarantee there Sickening profits, and your looking at the 1% club members. and their money making machines.


reply posted on 25-10-2011 @ 11:54 AM by missiongal
reply to post by ModernAcademia

Yep your dead right there it's the same in the uk my son inlaw had a £20,000 debt he died of a heart attack aged 31 so that went to his grave it was wiped off no good to my daughter though at the time she lost a loved one probably due to the stress he was healthy, never did drug very fit took all his vitamins too shame rip dave she has since found a new love in her life but it took 5 years to find him. YOU POOR STUDENTS it's just poor greed by the governments nasty people.


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