Recovery threatened by runaway student loan debt

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30. Pay as you go.

There are lots of people in my class at school that take 1 or 2 courses at a time, as they can afford it, year round (so 4 courses per year if you take one at a time), while they work p/t or f/t. It may take 10 years but they eventually get their degrees with no debt. Although I do realize my tuition here in Canada is much less than in the US so it's easier for us. I do with I'd have done that starting in my 20's. Now I'm full time in my mid thirties trying to do it. It's amazing that there's not more funding for post-secondary since anyone with econ 101 knows education is a social benefit that always pays back more than you put into it.