Tag Archives: Student Loans

Slavery Is Freedom

See additional comments on Tea Party Nation One of the tenets in George Orwell’s 1984 was “slavery is freedom”. Michelle Obama yesterday told our children that higher education is freedom. According to CNNMoney: The average debt load for the class … Continue reading

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The Three Ghosts of Christmas

See additional comments on Tea Party Nation. The $40 billion per month printed at the direction of the Federal Reserve to prevent the mortgage industry from collapsing is set to more than double to $85 billion: The government will reduce net … Continue reading

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First They Came for the Mortgages, then They Came for Our Children

See additional comments on Tea Party Nation. How to further enslave our children: convince them that a college degree is not only necessary to “succeed” in life, it is their right. Since 2009, the cost of college tuition has increased … Continue reading

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The New Face of Slavery

Student Debt Burden Hits Record 20% of Households With college enrollment growing, student debt has stretched to a record number of U.S. households — nearly 1 in 5 — with the biggest burdens falling on the young and poor. The … Continue reading

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Wait, Don’t the Democrats Control the Senate?

From Van Jones’ Rebuild the Dream: Infuriating: This morning, the U.S. Senate failed to pass a bill to keep student loan interest rates low. Not one Republican voted in favor. Not one decided to stand with the millions of young … Continue reading

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Student loan showdown: Van Jones Latest Crisis Not to Be Wasted

The latest crisis according to Van Jones. Student loan debt in America is more than one trillion dollars — in fact, student debt is now even greater than credit card debt in America. It gets worse: If Congress doesn’t act by July … Continue reading

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Another Facet in the American Spring Courtesy of Our Universities

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See additional comments on Tea Party Nation. Our nation’s student loan program was taken over by the Obama administration and is now another federal subsidy that is hemorrhaging money. Or rather another federal enslavement program since this is one debt that must … Continue reading

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