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Feds: New student loan repayment options set

What? The government doesn't say they're important, the market says that.

So....it's the market that requires PHDs, or ASE, ServSafe, or any other of a numerous, plethora of certifications and degrees, just to be elegable for a position?

Protectionism is the government's game, and as a result, the rules fall upon those that do the hiring, as well, lest they be liable. It's fake security.
 
More handouts...great!
 
More handouts...great!

Ah, but these handouts ensure debt, and debt ensures productive, desperate individuals who are willing to do ANYTHING for a buck.
 
Ah, but these handouts ensure debt, and debt ensures productive, desperate individuals who are willing to do ANYTHING for a buck.

Not if they know that they'll never have to actually payoff the debt.
 
Not if they know that they'll never have to actually payoff the debt.

Loan forgiveness only happens after 20-25 years, and only if, with that period of time, the student consistently can't make the payments. In other words, you have to be a complete deadbeat for at least 20 years, not owning anything of greater value than 5 grand, in order to have a shot at loan forgiveness.
 
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