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7. Students need to stop paying loans, unionize, and bargain for reduction in principal.

Sun Feb 9, 2014, 12:57 AM

Feb 2014

For a student with 80K in debt, a reduction of the interest rate from 5% to 4% is laughable.

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"Elizabeth Warren Wants to Let You Pay for College Like a Car" [View all] applegrove Feb 2014 OP

The government doesn't profit off student loans gerogie2 Feb 2014 #2

There is no such thing as a free college education gerogie2 Feb 2014 #14

there didn't used to be a such thing as an airplane either. Those that lack liberal_at_heart Feb 2014 #17

Kind of a poor comparison, there. malthaussen Feb 2014 #31

... and, what a lovely choice (many) young folk are forced to make etherealtruth Feb 2014 #18

LOL. Cal Carpenter Feb 2014 #20

What's your point? Cal Carpenter Feb 2014 #26

are you sure you're a democrat? Adam051188 Feb 2014 #32

How's that "free" college degree going to be paid for if not by taxes? WillowTree Feb 2014 #23

That's exactly what it should be paid with just like K-12 is. liberal_at_heart Feb 2014 #24

lol Adam051188 Feb 2014 #30

K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2014 #3

+1000 debunkthis Feb 2014 #5

Best response in this thread. Oakenshield Feb 2014 #6

Thank god Obama withdrew from Afghanistan. morningfog Feb 2014 #10

+1 liberal_at_heart Feb 2014 #9

yeah... really... tk2kewl Feb 2014 #13

+1 joshcryer Feb 2014 #15

+1 cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #16

I'd like to see up-front fees replaced with a graduate tax. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2014 #19

that would be cool, if it would pass treestar Feb 2014 #21

Awesome. She rocks! Vattel Feb 2014 #22