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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Examining Sanders' argument on student loans...and why he's wrong [View all]MeNMyVolt
(1,095 posts)4. Don't think that's a hill I'd fight for.
Sanders's basic premise is that post secondary education costs too much, and interest rates are a big part of it. I agree. But the problem is the subsidisation of those rates. The current paradigm is for the program to self-sustain, with some small "profit" to make more funds available for new students. That's forced on us by the Pukes, and I wished it wasn't.
Don't want us to pay for some crazy-assed shit that's going on in some colleges, but I would like us to make sure we educate our progeny without bankrupting them.
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He is arguing that there shouldnt be any interest rates, let alone ones that are so high.
randys1
Dec 2015
#3
Why can other countries do it? Are you going to say we cant to single payer too?
randys1
Dec 2015
#8
He's saying student loans are not affordable. Don't play stupid right winger.
morningfog
Dec 2015
#30
Ya know when two or more Hillarians come up with the same nits to elaborately pick...
hedda_foil
Dec 2015
#16