The Student Loan Scam

Source: New York Times Posted By: pilot008 5404 days ago

The federal college loan program that pays private lenders a generous subsidy to make loans that are guaranteed by the government is an enormous waste of money that has long served more to enrich lenders than to help students.

Nevertheless, the Republican leadership in Congress is opposing a House bill that would save the country nearly $90 billion in the next decade by ending this program and allowing students to borrow directly from the government through colleges.

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