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Originally posted by MidnightTide
Why does blame the banker get thrown under the bus, but never the government?
Originally posted by MidnightTide
Originally posted by buster2010
People want to blame the government for this bubble but that is wrong. The blame should go to the banks and colleges because they are the ones that are scamming the government. Since 1980 tuition has gone up over 800% just what more at these schools is going on that costs so much? Maybe the cost would go down some if some of these coaches weren't paid so much Some coaches make between 500K to 1.5 million a year and a few of them make between 2 to 4 million a year.
Why does blame the banker get thrown under the bus, but never the government?
Yes, the banks and universities are taking advantage of these government backed loans....just get rid of the government involvement. Without that backing these banks won't be so fast to approve these outrageous loans....and unless these universities want to see a drastic reduction in enrollment, they are going to have to reduce tuition.
But for most of the public, it's easier to be spoon-fed dribble from the MSM, making them believe the corporate guys are the evil ones.
Someone recently made this analogy: Its like the issue with Pitbulls. It's not the breed that is bad, but the owner who encourages and produces the dangerous behavior.
Originally posted by buster2010
reply to post by loam
Pittbulls were bred for nothing but violence and they are banned from many cities and counties. If there ever was a bad breed of dog it's a Pittbull.
the "bubble," the "bomb" that threatens the American economy like mortgage defaults do? Currently outstanding student loans total $876 billion — a lot, to be sure. There is $22 trillion owed on mortgages, with $8 trillion lost in defaults since 2008. If all students defaulted on their loans, the impact on the economy would be only one-tenth that of mortgage defaults. (One student in six is currently in default.) The student loan bubble is simply alarmist hyperbole.
there is one sector of higher education whose students bear a disproportionate debt burden: for-profit schools. Half of all student loan defaults are by students who attend for-profits. They leave school with, on average, 50 percent more debt than a private college student and 80 percent more debt than a public college student. Furthermore, for-profit college students graduate at about half the rate of students at public institutions and about 40 percent of the rate of students at private schools. Too many dropouts from for-profit institutions have the worst of worlds: big debt and no degree.
But this is the part of the story that we haven’t read about in the papers: the part where students decide how much they would like to borrow to cover their expenses during the course of the year, through an option which is much less expensive than credit cards. And the reality is, students often borrow more – sometimes much more – than what their tuition expenses are. They borrow to pay their rent, buy their books, order pizza on the weekend, and sometimes to take trips or upgrade their television, or even to access funds with which to pay off other forms of debt they may have taken on.Let’s be clear: we are not blaming students for making these decisions, but instead drawing to light an issue inherent in the model that currently exists for federal financial aid, and making the case that the current framework can be improved.
The policy topics we will cover are: a. Allowing schools to limit (on more than just a case-by-case basis) borrowing in excess of direct educational costs. b. Limiting the amount schools can offer to cover living expenses to a standardized, state-specific amount. c. Utilizing means testing as a way to determine financial aid eligibility. a. Allow schools to limit borrowing in excess of direct educational costs.
Originally posted by popcornmafia
This report directly contradicts the.story in the op
Don't buy myth of student loan 'crisis'
Originally posted by popcornmafia
Calm down with this chicken little the sky is falling bull crap
Originally posted by loam
reply to post by popcornmafia
Originally posted by popcornmafia
This report directly contradicts the.story in the op
Don't buy myth of student loan 'crisis'
That's because that magical analysis compares the numbers to ALL mortgage loans and not the sub-prime ones that pushed us over the edge in the first place.
They seem to have forgotten history. When you fix that problem, you see we are repeating 2008 all over again.
The ALL mortgage market comparison wrongly diminishes the significance of what's happening with student loans-- particularly the private ones. The numbers track to be nearly the same when you look at the subprime mortgage loan defaults that then later brought down the rest of the cards.
Believe there isn't crisis. It matters little. It will be evident soon enough.
Originally posted by popcornmafia
Calm down with this chicken little the sky is falling bull crap
Ostrich heads and sand come to mind.edit on 30-9-2012 by loam because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by SilentNoise
I don't think the student loan bubble can burst. At least not until loans start averaging around the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Death is about the only way to get out of repaying your student loan. So as long as you're alive, you're going to have to try and repay it somehow.
It looks like there are a few government programs/incentives to help pay it back or loan forgiveness/deferral.
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Originally posted by loam
reply to post by buster2010
It would be pointless to rebut your post.
You're so drunk on the coolaide you drink, you'll never dry out.
Sad, really. Because otherwise you strike me as pretty smart.
Oh, well.edit on 30-9-2012 by loam because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by detachedindividual
So, locking people up is off the table. What next? How else does the federal government expect to get that money?
Originally posted by detachedindividual
And what were the toxic mortgages?
It makes no difference what heading these things have. They are associated to a business, that business is in debt, the debt will not be paid back, the business collapses. You could call it anything you like, it still doesn't change the fact that it is a debt that will not be paid.
These banks forecast their entire business on what they "expect" to happen. When it looks good for them they'll conveniently move it into one column, and when it looks bad for them they'll move it into another - just as the government does with unemployment figures.
A debt is a debt. It's not going somewhere just because you call it something else.
I did the same thing with my credit. After all the decent jobs left my area and I was left with a choice to work at Walmart I said F- it and walked away from my credit. It's been 7 years since then and I find life a lot more easier.
Originally posted by Hefficide
Credit bubbles of any kind always irk me because I see them as scams. Total scams. Including this one.
Let me break it down...
I have ten bucks in my pocket and I make a deal with my friend Bob that I'm going to loan him the ten bucks, and that he's going to pay me back a dollar per year. But since I'm being so generous about the low payment, he needs to pay me back for twenty years. Bob agrees because the terms - a buck per year? Totally reasonable.
Oh, I also add in a caveat that if Bob fails to pay me on or before January first, there's a twenty-five cent late charge for that. And there's a ten cent per year administrative fee, to compensate me for book keeping, etc..
Well, twelve years later Bob dies, decides a buck a year is too much, whatever. Now I cry foul. I scream that Bob has gutted me. So I start telling everyone that I loaned Bob ten bucks and that the no good son of a gun defaulted on me.
Problem is, Bob paid me about fifteen or sixteen bucks already. Technically I am several bucks ahead.
Over simplification? Definitely. But this what banks do. This is one of their tricks.
Add that to the unbelievably naive' concept that unregulated markets will "regulate themselves to prices based upon what the market will bear"... and you get this. Kids wanting an education, having to pay tuition that is jacked up way beyond its value, and ensnared in usury, predatory lending, and high interest loan tricks.
This whole mess has now give rise to a consumer response that I see more and more often these days. Deliberate default. I have a relative who deliberately destroyed her own credit and literally broke the law by buying things she never intended to pay for. Her rationale? "The banks are crooks so, screw-em. I got mine!"
There are a lot of people with that mindset. While I cannot at all condone the behavior, I do understand the sentiment behind it.
If we continue to have a nearly totally unregulated market - we're going to sink.
~Heff