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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-25-11 11:18 AM
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48. Usury used to be 6% -- and there used to be a 6 year limit on student loans ....
Edited on Tue Oct-25-11 11:18 AM by defendandprotect
if you're paying a higher rate, or for longer than 6 years -- it's been gimmicked.

And, certainly, we're all aware that student loans are a huge burden for students

and families?



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  -Ron Paul to eliminate student loans if president TomCADem  Oct-24-11 10:17 PM   #0 
  - LOL. That'll go over like a fart in church.  TwilightGardener   Oct-24-11 10:19 PM   #1 
  - LOL, that's for sure  liberal_mama   Oct-25-11 04:57 AM   #36 
  - Gee, wonder if that'll depress his Yee Haw College Kid base?  MADem   Oct-24-11 10:19 PM   #2 
  - Fucking clown.  young but wise   Oct-24-11 10:21 PM   #3 
  - Second.  ellisonz   Oct-25-11 03:41 PM   #56 
  - Ron's fanboys, those pimply little Randroid college freshmen  The Velveteen Ocelot   Oct-24-11 10:22 PM   #4 
  - Yeah, most of those young folks who slobber over RP are overprivileged narcissists  alp227   Oct-24-11 11:57 PM   #27 
  - Paul to eliminate student loans  abelenkpe   Oct-24-11 10:23 PM   #5 
  - Somebody will make a fortune selling  Turbineguy   Oct-24-11 10:33 PM   #6 
  - so, only the wealthy are entitled to go to college  newspeak   Oct-25-11 11:26 AM   #49 
  - He just eliminated his base. *POOF* n/t  ChromeFoundry   Oct-24-11 10:38 PM   #7 
  - So true. His fans are mostly under 30. They are either amassing  JDPriestly   Oct-25-11 02:51 AM   #35 
     - well  MrDiaz   Oct-25-11 05:38 AM   #37 
  - IF president.  Amonester   Oct-24-11 10:38 PM   # 
  - Without student loans college tuition would drop like a rock.  former9thward   Oct-24-11 10:38 PM   #8 
  - It wouldn't drop that much.....  ingac70   Oct-24-11 10:57 PM   #10 
  - sure it would  SixthSense   Oct-24-11 11:07 PM   #16 
  - Yeah, because everyone got a chance to go to college before student loans.  ingac70   Oct-24-11 11:35 PM   #21 
     - If you really wanted to  SixthSense   Oct-25-11 12:15 AM   #29 
        - The universities are raising prices at the rate of inflation.  Selatius   Oct-25-11 12:56 AM   #32 
        - Not even close  SixthSense   Oct-25-11 07:42 AM   #42 
        - There is a program you describe. It's called work-study.  ingac70   Oct-25-11 06:34 AM   #39 
           - Work study is nowhere near enough. My assistants on FWS make minimum wage and are only allowed to  Erose999   Oct-25-11 11:58 AM   #51 
  - I think it would drop some  sammytko   Oct-25-11 11:28 AM   #50 
  - The colleges would go bankrupt.  ellisonz   Oct-25-11 03:53 PM   #57 
  - How many "wealthy" do you think there are?  former9thward   Oct-25-11 12:58 PM   #54 
  - Not likely  quakerboy   Oct-24-11 10:57 PM   #11 
  - You mean to tell me  Dokkie   Oct-24-11 11:16 PM   #18 
     - Which "costly sports program" are you referring to?  jmowreader   Oct-24-11 11:56 PM   #26 
     - lol, its only a profitable program  Dokkie   Oct-25-11 12:01 AM   #28 
     - Empty talking points  quakerboy   Oct-25-11 12:53 AM   #30 
  - Price drops would mean wage cuts to teachers/employees and state-of-the-art facilities  FarLeftFist   Oct-24-11 11:05 PM   #14 
  - Or maybe a better teacher/administrator ratio  DissedByBush   Oct-24-11 11:33 PM   #20 
  - Yep.  krabigirl   Oct-25-11 12:28 PM   #53 
  - Hmmm. Wonder how his younger facebook crowd feels about that.  appleannie1   Oct-24-11 10:56 PM   #9 
  - Students AND parents will hate this idea!  FarLeftFist   Oct-24-11 11:04 PM   #12 
  - Ron Paul jumps the shark...again. nt  pauldp   Oct-24-11 11:04 PM   #13 
  - Exactly! He always has that moment every election where the public remembers how batshit crazy  FarLeftFist   Oct-24-11 11:07 PM   #15 
     - Too bad really because the Repiglicans really need a credible anti-war voice.  pauldp   Oct-24-11 11:43 PM   #23 
  - He gets a few things right, but on many things is absolutely looney  mvd   Oct-24-11 11:07 PM   #17 
  - If I were a Ron Paul supporter, I wouldn't need any other reason to dump him.  DesertDiamond   Oct-24-11 11:24 PM   #19 
  - Is your children learning  Riftaxe   Oct-24-11 11:41 PM   #22 
  - How could he eliminate student loans?  Yupster   Oct-24-11 11:49 PM   #24 
  - Student loans were gimmicked to bankrupt students -- and parents -- many paying 20 years and more!  defendandprotect   Oct-24-11 11:55 PM   #25 
  - Federal or private?  quakerboy   Oct-25-11 12:56 AM   #31 
     - Usury used to be 6% -- and there used to be a 6 year limit on student loans ....  defendandprotect   Oct-25-11 11:18 AM   #48 
  - Ron Paul says college was cheaper when he went. He could  JDPriestly   Oct-25-11 02:49 AM   #33 
  - But I thought nobody  Dokkie   Oct-25-11 07:26 AM   #40 
  - Tenure used to be easier to get back in the days when universities were  JDPriestly   Oct-25-11 03:38 PM   #55 
  - Probably "cheaper" in the sense of inflation too. Senile old bastards like Ron Paul have no concept  Erose999   Oct-25-11 12:00 PM   #52 
  - Then student loans are safe, because that SOB isn't getting elected.  GaYellowDawg   Oct-25-11 02:50 AM   #34 
  - Paul who? Who cares what he would do if he became POTUS?  No Elephants   Oct-25-11 05:39 AM   #38 
  - I thought he was going to eliminate the DOE entirely?  Blue_Tires   Oct-25-11 07:31 AM   #41 
  - College is for the children of wealthy parents. Children of the poor...  Scuba   Oct-25-11 07:46 AM   #43 
  - I joined the Air Force to pay for my college  Puzzledtraveller   Oct-25-11 07:48 AM   #44 
  - I tried to join the Coast Guard to pay for my college...  Davis_X_Machina   Oct-25-11 08:04 AM   #46 
  - I'm all for eliminating student loans.  LWolf   Oct-25-11 08:03 AM   #45 
  - I guess idiot paul wants to eliminate a huge portion of his misinformed base. LOL  Javaman   Oct-25-11 08:15 AM   #47 
  - So in other words  Nuclear Unicorn   Oct-25-11 03:54 PM   #58 
 

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