- 10 Dec 2012 03:14
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http://www.realclearpolitics.com/?state=nwa
I don't think trying to get everyone into college was a great idea.
China has terrible working conditions and pay for factory workers, we have terrible working conditions and pay for so-called white collar jobs.
Last week, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported that student loan debt increased to $956 billion, more than auto loan debt or credit card debt. More worrisome, the student loan 90-day delinquency rate increased to 11% this past quarter and for the first time exceeds the "serious delinquency" rate for credit card debt.
Student loan debt is reaching bubble-bursting levels. By comparison, in October 2007, the start of the subprime mortgage crisis, 16% of subprime mortgages were 90 days delinquent, according to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. By January 2008 it accelerated to 21%. If the economy heads off the fast-approaching fiscal cliff and tax rates spike for lower- and middle-class Americans, it may accelerate student loan defaults to crisis levels. The big banks got their taxpayer bailout; taxpayers may soon be on the hook for another.
I don't think trying to get everyone into college was a great idea.
China has terrible working conditions and pay for factory workers, we have terrible working conditions and pay for so-called white collar jobs.