A Money Losing Business Comes Out For Government Subsidy
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | February 8th at 01:53 PM |
It should be no surprise that an organization like the New York Times, which is a consistent money loser these day, is in favor of a government take over of the student loan industry. A group of people who have shown no ability to run a successful business tend to hate success. But their reasons for doing so are not just nonsense, but total distortions | Read More »
Barack Obama Prepares to Drive Up the Costs of Education
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | January 25th at 01:00 PM |
When Obama takes to the podium for the State of the Union, one of the things he is allegedly going to push is a wholesale federal take over of the student loan industry. Already, his plans are causing a lot of students, particularly of private higher ed colleges and universities, problems with getting financing for education. Obama intends to shut out the usual third party | Read More »
House of Representatives Votes to Take Over All Student Loans
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | September 17th at 10:19 PM |
If you want an indication of just how radical the Democrats in Congress have become, consider the vote on H.R. 3221. The legislation, which I wrote about yesterday, shuts down all private lenders for higher education student loans, requires that colleges and universities adhere to a new federal bureaucracy, creates a new Green Schools Czar, and hints that any school not complying will see its | Read More »