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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:52 PM Original message |
Plan to Change Student Lending Sets Up a Fight |
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corpseratemedia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. lol the author must mean REexpand since Reagan repeatedly slashed Pell Grant funding |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. Important story |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. hahahaha! This is awesome. Gobama! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. We need a national program to send everyone to college . .. if they wish. |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I wholeheartedly agree. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Furthermore, there are *many* subjects that can be taught wholly online |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
40. Completely agree -- knowledge doesn't originate in colleges/universities . . . |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
43. Online education is no panacea, and is losing popularity in some circles. |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
22. We have to fix K-12 FIRST!!! |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:01 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Partyers can get an education too. This is a canard that has been used |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:42 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. I've read that complaints about partying students goes back to the 1200s!!! |
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Gemini Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:23 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Students who continually party generally flunk out. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
41. First, the idea that you have to be 18-22 to be in college should change . . . |
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gtar100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. Private students loans are a lot like eating children |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. not just our children, either |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. A-freakin'-men |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
42. Couldn't be .... |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think the government can loan its own money |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
9. K&R for the students |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
10. Let's go for it! |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
11. "The administration has decided that it wants to capture the profits of federal student loans." |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
35. There should be no "profits" on student loans |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
12. Gee, think the bankers will win? |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 02:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. To hell with the bankers. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
34. I have no doubt of it. n/t |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
13. Outstanding! |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
14. I'm going back to college for a second degree, and the only loans I'll take are federal loans. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 02:24 AM Response to Original message |
15. Excellent! Please let your congresscritters hear about this n/t |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
16. GREAT ! .... But congress MUST hear from us about this .... |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:50 AM Response to Original message |
18. Kick ass! Make it so! nt |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:18 AM Response to Original message |
20. How quickly will he cave? |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:03 AM Response to Original message |
21. Not only was Sallie Mae’s chief executive, Lord, skimming huge profits and executive salaries |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
23. I hope Obama KICKS THEIR ASSES. |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
27. k r |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
29. i'm on Obama's side in this fight |
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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
30. Sallie Mae Moved 1000 Jobs to Key Congressman's District |
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choie (899 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
31. You gotta love who Salli Mae has chosen for lobbyists |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
33. IMO college should be totally free to anyone who graduates with at least a B average. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:20 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Agree, that should be part of an education reform n/t |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
37. The gov and private banks approved these subsidized loans |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
38. Sallie Mae is a joke |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
39. I seem to recall clinton had the same program. direct loans to students at zero or very low interest |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
44. The private loans are unconscionable... it's indentured servitude like centuries ago. |
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