I have a staunchly Republican friend with a crap load of student debt

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13. A fair complaint

I sympathize. Did your kids select careers with a payoff?

When I was in college, there were plenty of grants available. I was an engineering major, and a co-op, so it was all upside. I had less than $10,000 in debt and it was easy to payoff as an engineer.

The bush administration made the loans a big profit center for lenders, with exorbitant rates. Meanwhile salaries are stagnant, ad. If you picked the “wrong” major, like journalism or teaching, forget ever being able to pay it back.

Does it cost as much for colleges to educate literature or philosophy majors as it does particle physics? They generally charge the same per credit hour, regardless of the class.