Tag Archives: George Miller

A Camel’s Nose and a Slippery Slope

July 17, 2009 – 9:25 am

I’m not surprised that Paul articulated my point about the wider implication of the Miller/Obama student loan proposal even better than I could. As Paul says, the federal government has long paid a subsidy to private loan providers in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program. That’s because banks incur costs when they originate and […]

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Should Student Loans Be a Cash Cow for Private Lenders?

July 16, 2009 – 10:23 am

Twenty years ago, I was able to go to college thanks to student loans, Pell Grants, and parents who worked really hard to help me become the first person in our family to go to college.   One of my favorite memories of Washington is the time I got to thank former Senator Clairborne Pell […]

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Student Loans Foreshadowing Health Care?

July 15, 2009 – 9:11 am

I don’t want to scare anyone, but if you really believe President Obama’s government-run health care option is just a benign attempt to inject some competition into the health care system (I’m lookin’ at you, Paul and Robert Reich), take a look at what Congressman George Miller is proposing for the student loan industry. In […]

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