Tag Archives: student loans

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 service [...]

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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 today’s [...]

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