50 Is the New 65: Older Americans Are Getting Booted from Their Jobs -- and Denied New Opportunities

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80. But it is not just about cheaper goods.

If we had a Congress that was resolute about keeping Americans productive, the problem could be easily solved.

Why for instance, are there few Americans working at jobs for Sallie Mae, the agency handling student loans? (a private agency, although most folks don't realize it.)

When someone is setting up how to pay their student debt, the only option they have is a foreigner in some third world country with rudimentary English speaking skills. Yet the discussion should be focusing on a variety of programs, most of which have complex legal realities. Yet the people that are doing this "service" can barely speak English, let alone handle a legal discussion.

An American young person is expected to go to college, get a degree, and only after they do that, do they find out how few jobs there are out there. And then the job they could probably handle from their home, that of collecting the debts of other students is denied them.