Comments on: Why We Deny the Student Loan Crisis

By: Money Beagle

Money Beagle — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:08:00 +0000

Public colleges raising tuition and other costs 5-10% a year every single year was and is simply unsustainable and is complicit in the problem. For 30 years inflation has come nowhere close to these numbers, so the fact that the costs continued to rise meant that the money to pay for it had to come from somewhere else. Any discussion about modifying student loans has to also include discussion about the underlying problem, which is the cost of what the loans are paying for.

By: Messy Money

Messy Money — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 00:14:00 +0000

My kids are 4 and 7 years away from college and I am so worried. We have saved up some money but not nearly enough. I secretly hope they want to become plumbers so they will have a trade and less school debt but one actually wants to be an archeologist so I see this issue becoming very real for us soon.

By: krantcents

krantcents — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:57:00 +0000

If the students who are affected do not stand up and pressure Congress, who should? It is very similar to our country’s voting participation. You cannot complain when you do not participate.