tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post746938394423455147..comments2024-02-23T04:59:26.907-05:00Comments on But I Did Everything Right!: Time to Get Fired Up for the Weekend!Angelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07820446523257638689noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-90124675294174156772010-02-09T13:51:59.226-05:002010-02-09T13:51:59.226-05:00It's my understanding that this wouldn't h...It's my understanding that this wouldn't help us at all. It would help students NOW going to school... which would only add to the problem. I say, make student loans like small business loans. If you can prove that your degree will be profitable, then you can get the degree. Otherwise, start saving or you're not going.Angel the Lawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07902928273488771301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-899936588278579372010-02-09T10:20:46.625-05:002010-02-09T10:20:46.625-05:00While it would be welcome if the Senate actually s...While it would be welcome if the Senate actually showed some spine and accomplished SOMETHING, especially student loan reform. However, would this legislation even help graduates who already are locked into their loans? My understanding is that it would change the status quo to the government giving loans directly to matriculating students, but would do nothing for those who already received loans through either Access Group or Sallie Mae and are now TRYING (emphasis added) to pay them back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-85220541588796704142010-02-06T19:54:25.725-05:002010-02-06T19:54:25.725-05:00"Half of the human race are middlemen. And th..."Half of the human race are middlemen. And they don't take kindly to being eliminated."<br />- Captain Malcolm ReynoldsArchangelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-31929449044882619182010-02-05T17:53:53.614-05:002010-02-05T17:53:53.614-05:00Good post, Angel. I think students need to start h...Good post, Angel. I think students need to start having protests in front of their schools and just refusing to pay if we have to. Then maybe they'll wake up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-21071155579715546692010-02-05T17:39:16.190-05:002010-02-05T17:39:16.190-05:00I agree 100% Angel and I'm glad you're ang...I agree 100% Angel and I'm glad you're angry like myself. It makes me sick thinking about how we are all basically helpless and beholden to corporate interests. This whole instinctual, knee-jerk response (mostly by repubs) that this is a "gov't takeover" etc., is so misguided that it pains. This was never a free-market, legitimate industry! This was always artifically created and government-supported and look what it's done to us! People need to care about this very, very much because student loans affect virtually ALL of us. (Some more than others..or should I saw law grads more than others.) I myself have contacted several of my representatives regarding the student loan industry and the need for REAL, meaningful reform. Unfortunately, Obama's plan is not meaningful reform but it certainly is better than nothing. Get fired up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-57441027703147468352010-02-05T15:40:09.250-05:002010-02-05T15:40:09.250-05:00Good find, Angel. The banks own this country – lo...Good find, Angel. The banks own this country – lock, stock, and barrel. It will be interesting to see how this “Astroturf,” i.e. fake grass-roots, campaign will turn out. I suppose the greedy swine will simply bill these as town hall meetings designed to cut off socialism at the pass. (After all, Obama is such a man of the people, and NOT at all a pawn of the corporations.)<br /><br />Think about the return on investment for these corporate pigs. Donate $3 million, and get awarded $10 billion in guaranteed contracts. This would be akin to someone walking into a casino with $30 and coming out with $100K. Think about that for a second. <br /><br />Maybe those of us who care about the state of higher education in this country will get fired up over this. However, most will let the TV wash over them this weekend as they watch the big game and eat an industrial-sized bowl of nachos, consume a case of beer, and scratch their ass some more. This is what gets people worked up in this country. A brief juxtaposition: If the game were cancelled (or somehow ended in a tie), there would be a revolution. If Obama backs off again, no one will blink. In the end, Sallie Mae – The Great Whore of Babylon that she is – will get what she wants.Nandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06423524039657355134noreply@blogger.com