"I attribute it to the rising cost of college and ease of loans, especially in an economy where the buying and selling of emotions and companionship is increasingly easy to afford," says Sanders, who teaches at the University of Leeds.
Most of the major Republican candidates who will be debating tonight are against easing student loan debts, while many Occupy Detroit protesters have called for outright loan forgiveness.
Take away ease of access.
He also mentioned universal pre-kindergarten, easing the student loan burden, and gun violence, all of which affect females disproportionately (though he didn't make the connection directly).
When borrowers began to default in droves, banks found themselves in a never-ending game of catch-up, unable to devote enough manpower to modify, or ease the terms of, loans to millions of customers on the verge of losing their homes.
The International Monetary Fund is asking Europe to approve an ambitious debt relief plan for Greece, its most substantial move yet to ease the terms of loans that are widely viewed as untenable.
Consumer credit has been expanding since late 2010 as the United States rebounded from the 2007-9 recession, and on Monday, the Fed said a number of banks had eased loan standards on auto and credit card loans over the last three months.
Bank losses continued to ease, while loan balances rose — albeit slightly — for the first time since the second quarter of 2008.
But Rubio hasn't always been in favor of easing the burden of student loans.
The rescue plan, which was announced Sunday, would give federal officials the power to inject billions of dollars into the beleaguered companies through investments and loans, easing concerns of failure at the two companies which together underwrite nearly half of all mortgage lending in the United States.
