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Re:The Student Debt Problem Is Worse Than We Imagined by mschuster91 on Sunday August 26, 2018 @11:01AM (#17846205)
> This will reduce school costs, reduce applicant numbers, and force students to really think if college is necessary.

In a society where academic qualification is more and more required, making loans harder to get will only drive the poorest people to even more desperate actions to ensure their kids get a chance in life.

Don't get me wrong, the debt situation should be resolved (e.g. by making ALL education free, like in Europe), but the core problem of society that "undereducated" people are left to compete for menial tasks must also be fixed.

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Re:The Student Debt Problem Is Worse Than We Imagined by bluesnowmonkey on Sunday August 26, 2018 @01:53PM (#17846954)
> In a society where academic qualification is more and more required

Which is only the case because we handed out so many diplomas that it became a stigma not to have one... Which happened because we handed out student loans too easily. It's causing the problem more than it's solving it.

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