Saturday, June 9, 2012

America's Student Loan Racket

It explains a disturbing government/corporate partnership. Students are exploited for profit. Providers are enriched. For many, rising tuition and fees make higher education unaffordable. Others need large loans to attend. As a result, they become debt entrapped.

Some face burdens up to $100,000 or higher. If unpaid after 30 years, it's a $500,000 obligation. If default or declare bankruptcy, it's unforgiven. Bondage is permanent.

Lenders thrive from defaults. Wages can be garnished. So can portions of Social Security and other retirement benefits. A conspiratorial alliance of lenders, guarantors, servicers, and collection companies derive income from debt service and inflated collection fees.

Education today grows more unaffordable. Many students are priced out and can't attend. Others become debt entrapped. Growing numbers remain there for life. A predatory system fleeces them.
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2 comments:

  1. your free suckas

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  2. Sure, someone put a gun to their head and forced them to sign the papers for their useless degree in "fill in the blank"

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