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As someone who very recently finished school and did receive a good bit of it in student loans, I have mixed emotions about this.

I could not have gone to school where I did(Jamestown College=pricey) if it had not been for student loans.  However, if those student loans had not been available, or were reduced, there were other less expensive schools that I easily could have gone to.  I also think that the student assistance program that we have now has a great deal to do with the everybody going to college. 

Basically, College is a privilege.  Not all people are cut out for college.  Some realize this and don’t try.  Others do try and don’t get anywhere.  There is a reason that some schools actually filter based on standardized test scores…

That article is not specific enough. What, exactly, is being “cut”? Is more money being allocated for it than what was allocated this year? If so, then it is not a cut, and people need to stop referring to it as such.

Are they talking about the program where the government pays the interest on student loans while someone is enrolled in college? If they are getting rid of that, big whoop, kids can deal with it. The interest will be deferred until your out of school, then it will be added to your balance. Or, you can pay off the accrued interest while you are in school.

Another thing I want to mention is that government guaranteed student loans are not free. You are in essence buying insurance the cover your loans if you default. When I got my loan disbursements when I was in college, there was a big chunk taken out to pay this fee. It may be different now, however.

Also, is the government the entity that is actually lending the money, or is it still coming primarily from banks?

A look at the name of the group, the North Dakota Progressive Coalition, should tell you all you need to know. They just a bunch of socialists who want everything but want everyone else to pay for it.

Does anybody know what a UND or NDSU college professor makes in a year?  How does that compare with a job in the real world. (assume that ND is real)

I do see in different publications references to college professors making $180,000 a year(Ward Churchill for one).  In my opinion there aren’t many teachers worth that kind of money.

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Rob, that was an incredibly selfish post.

You want to make college more expensive so that students work harder?  Excuse me?  I paid out my ass for college and I worked just fine, thanks.  I don’t need the government to make sure I work hard by making it expensive as hell.  When I go into repayment on December 1, I’m sure I’ll remember how hard I worked.

And if you’re going to make wild claims about college conspiring to cheat the government out of loan money, at least provide a little evidence.  Or will the black helicopters come to get you if you reveal the conspiracy?

Fact is, the USA is falling behind in college graduates.  We produce far less engineers than countries like China.  If anything, we should be making college easier to go to, not reducing the available loans and purposefully increasing tuition so that students really appreciate the luxury of selling their kidneys to attend college.

Would you like fries with that?

How would making college easier improve our output of Engineers and the like?

Oh, I’m not motivated to work part time to go to school, but if you pay me for four years I’ll take a real tough major.

Frankly we don’t have to increase our quantity of college graduates, we need to increase the quality.

Ryan G spits, Rob, that was an incredibly selfish post.

Hold on...let me get out my liberal to reality dictionary.

Ahh yes. Here it is:

NEED - When someone wants someone else’s money.
GREED - When someone wants to keep their money.

You want to make college more expensive so that students work harder?

Where did Rob say that he wants to make college more expensive?

I don’t need the government to make sure I work hard by making it expensive as hell.

How would the government make school “expensive as hell” (besides what they’re doing now by making sure that it’s “free")?

And if you’re going to make wild claims about college conspiring to cheat the government out of loan money, at least provide a little evidence. Or will the black helicopters come to get you if you reveal the conspiracy?

Use a little common sense Ryan. What happens when the price is “free”? Answer: it gets expensive as hell. Witness: the cost of medical care and college. Nice “black helicopters” comment…

If anything, we should be making college easier to go to, not reducing the available loans and purposefully increasing tuition so that students really appreciate the luxury of selling their kidneys to attend college.

So if one doesn’t and can’t get these government loans, they are essentially out of luck unless they are rich. Great plan on increasing enrollment there chief.

Would you like fries with that?

Get used to saying that Ryan.