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US Student Loans Exceed $1 Trillion

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 20, 2011 @01:32AM from the incentives-and-disincentives dept.

sycodon writes "Politico reports that student loan debt now exceeds one trillion dollars, an amount that should impress even Dr. Evil. Politico further reports that this is one of the more concrete issues driving the OWS protests and provides some enlightening examples of their particular gripes."

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Re:You think the housing collapse was bad by Quiet_Desperation · 2011-10-20 02:00 · Score: 1, Troll

What are you going to foreclose on when little Johnny goes into default on his $100,000 loan debt because he can't find a job?
How are his kidneys?
Some people honestly get screwed by life by Quila · 2011-10-20 02:10 · Score: -1, Troll

Take it up with God, if you still believe after getting screwed over that badly.
But it's not the fault of the student loan system.
Forgive Student Loans!!!1!! by ShavedOrangutan · 2011-10-20 02:17 · Score: -1, Troll

Want to see a real uprising? Watch what the hard working middle class who already paid off their own student loans do when their earnings are taken away to forgive some occupy-wall-street-dirty-hippie's B.A. Art History debt.

I want a fucking refund.

(Oh, by the way, the cost was worth it.)

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