Rep. Hansen Clarke: Let's Reduce Student Loan Debt

December 20, 2011
For more information visit www.hansenclarke.house.gov

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News & Politics

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• college
• college graduates
• unemployment

[GnosisMan50]

Our educational system and our student loan debt is a disgrace!! And then you have for-profit schools ripping off families with substandard education with no oversight!

Capitalism is infected by too much greed an it's on its way in sending us all to hell..

[JohnnyPowerhead]

I owe 45000 in student loan debt. Every month I pay 400 and like 25 goes toward the principal. The additional 375 goes to the Dept of Education. This is in fact a huge education tax, about 10% of my income. Why does the DOE need to collect interest? I don't want my loans forgiven, just the interest, please! Give me a change to dig out.

[7575047]

@JohnnyPowerhead ...True. People don't fucking understand. We don't want a bailout. We want to have the ability to refinance to better terms and have the interest we pay the gov. (in a gov. loan) fully tax deductible. People don't realize that many borrowers don't make a huge dent in their debt because so much of the payment goes to interest and much to all of it is NOT deductible. All of that interest goes where? To the fucking banks' bailouts. Outrageous!

[parrish001]

@UntilYouRunOutofCake

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2. It's the same for most countries... Two years is nothing. You can get a work visa or holiday visa for more than a year... I've never seen any country with a 2 year wait until RESIDENCY, not legality... There's a difference, which you apparently don't understand

[parrish001]

@UntilYouRunOutofCake

1. You think Europe and Asia doesn't have an immigration problem? Look at all of the countries there... Christ..

2. Exactly... So why should illegals get a free pass...?

3. Yes, because every illegal was faced with the option of having their child raped and forced into hard labor or "jumping the gate"... I've already addressed this... you've given no other information on it... just keep repeating yourself

[parrish001]

@UntilYouRunOutofCake

When did I blame them for anything? Are you completely retarded? This is getting ridiculous.

I state a problem and you assume something else to argue about it

[parrish001]

@UntilYouRunOutofCake

No, schools are complete crap and don't teach students a damn thing, that's the problem. The immigrants who come here just for schooling usually attend the collages most Americans can't afford, like I said...

I assume they're morons now? You assume you know everything. About me, about what I'm discussing, about the topic... You took my first comment out of context in the first place just to argue, dude.

[UntilYouRunOutofCake]

@parrish001 *motivate

Please stop blaming people who come here legally and seek educations to take to their countries if they choose that. If you want all American schools to reject foreign students, you'd have to get the gov't involved in restricting the audience of the educational business. You hate them if they're coming here to learn. You hate them if they're coming here "rip people off". Do you see what's happening here?

[UntilYouRunOutofCake]

@parrish001 PS You're assuming illegal immigrants are morons. That's both racist AND ableist.

The USA already HAS standards but it's NOTORIOUS for its ridiculously long waittimes when processing VISA requests. American schools are open to everyone around the world, and the only reason why we're not outputting professionals (even though we are, they're just swimming in debt and jobless) is because public schools are failing to motive people to become professionals and seek college educations.

[UntilYouRunOutofCake]

@parrish001 if we define them that way. We are deciding, based on some rule, what legality is and means, by definition. If we encourage people to come here legally and offer an efficient way to process visitors in reasonable time periods, we will see a MARKED decrease in illegal immigration. People come here illegally because they have no choice. If it's between waiting 10 years in a tyrannical or unsuccessful, sexist regime forcing your kids into hard labor, you'd jump the gate, too.

[UntilYouRunOutofCake]

@parrish001 1. Other countries do not have the issues with immigration that the US does in this degree. Immigration is a HUGE issue to the USA, and it's unlike any other country. 1b. Who says those "other countries" are doing it any better?

2. The same is required in this country. You can only declare residency after 5 years of consecutive living (it's 1 year in most countries), and then you wait another 5-10 years for legality. It's a guaranteed 2 in most countries.

3. People are only legal -->

[parrish001]

@UntilYouRunOutofCake

And now all of a sudden those who come here illegally only have the choice between that and having their children raped? LOL nice excuse.