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Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Betsy DeVos is shilling for debt-collectors and for-profit colleges: The destruction of Americas's middle class

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The New York Times published an editorial this week strongly criticizing Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, whom the Times accurately de...
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Monday, March 12, 2018

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell says he can't explain why student loans can't be discharged in bankruptcy: An astonishing admission that the emperor wears no clothes

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell made an astonishing admission at a Senate Banking Committee hearing last month.  He said he could no...
Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Alexander Holmes v. National Collegiate Student Loan Trust: Don't co-sign your children's student loans!

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In 2006, Alexander Holmes co-signed a student loan with Charter Bank One to fund his son's education at the University of Southern India...
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Thursday, March 1, 2018

Lady Bird, the movie, sends an insidious message about elite East Coast colleges (Spoiler Alert)

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Lady Bird , Greta Gerwig's  new coming-of-age movie, has been nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. But it is an in...
Friday, February 16, 2018

Congress enacts teeny weeny student-loan reform legislation: Is the glass half full or half empty?

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As reported by Steve Rhode , Congress passed a very modest student-loan reform bill late last year.  Titled the Stop Taxing Death and Disabi...
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018

For the sake of the economy, let's forgive all student-loan debt

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Forty-four million people are burdened by student loans--totally about $1.5 trillion in outstanding debt. What would happen if the federal g...
Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Loan-Forgiveness and Income-Driven Repayment Plans Are Costing Taxpayers a Bundle of Money

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The Department of Education's Office of Inspector General (OIG)issued another one of those mealy-mouth reports we've come to expect...
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