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The 'Democratization of Credit' Is Over -- Now It's Payback Time
WSJ ^ | 10/10/09 | S. MITRA KALITA

Posted on 10/10/2009 3:21:06 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

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To: TigerLikesRooster
Her biggest chunk of debt, $26,000, stems from student loans to pay for her two-year associate's degree from a community college -- loans now in the hands of collectors.

$26,000 to pay for an AA from a community college??

41 posted on 10/10/2009 7:58:16 AM PDT by truthkeeper ("Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill?")
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Kind of like ACORN is to democracy as people with no money is to bankster credit.


42 posted on 10/10/2009 8:30:09 AM PDT by SaraJohnson
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People are idiots. And you generally can’t discharge student loan debt in a bankruptcy. It’s the new indentured servitude.


43 posted on 10/10/2009 11:01:23 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (No Representation without Taxation!)
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My emphasis:"The rise I see now is in food stamps, even from teenagers," Mr. Mustafa said.

What's wrong with this picture?

44 posted on 10/10/2009 11:01:50 AM PDT by Oatka ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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