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Old 10-25-2011, 11:49 AM  
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Originally Posted by Ethersync View Post
That a student can go $100k in debt is insanity. This is only possible because of government guarantees and laws that say you can't bankrupt yourself out of the debt. Remove these two factors and tuition costs will drop like a rock.
absolutely correct.
Whenever a government gets into the BUSINESS of loans, all things bought by the loans get more and more expensive.
(see houses, see tuition)
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