User blog comment:Centrist16/SOMETHING EVERYONE MUST KNOW/@comment-1267731-20150809115222/@comment-2088117-20150816121448

I don't think you are drawing from the context from which I spoke from. Indeed I agree that you should PAY your fees, because its justified that these costs go to the school to finance it. I do not disagree with this. What I disagree with is LOANS that are intentionally given high interest rates on people who aren't really "freely" entered into. If mommy and daddy aren't paying and you want to make a living in the future your most likely going to resort to getting a loan.

Sure, make PROFIT off the loan; just not an excessive amount to which the student will be paying it off when they are 65. Government intervention would work perfectly and still benefit EVERYONE. No I'm not saying to abolish loans, nor do I agree with the current rates.

I believe, as a moderate on this issue (which I think I am at least) people like Bernie Sanders who endorse raising taxes to just pay for college is just absurd and extreme. Then we have people like you (SWM) and Viva who think if the government even thought about aiding people in gaining an education while not becoming debt slaves that we are devolving into scary red socialism; you too are an extreme from me.

If there is a state solution to aid in reducing debt and still prevent the government paying a leg and an arm; lets do it. Its sensible and its not hurting anyone! Right now a certain group of people are benefiting heavily from the debt, while the other group is suffering tremendously. Even the odds without getting philosophical and cut through the red tape and make things better for the country as a whole.