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If Senators Richard J. Durbin and Tom Harkin seriously want to address the problem of excessive student debt, they should do something about the 93 percent.
"If we're looking at the problem of excessive student debt, it is a problem and there needs to be a national solution," Davis said.
When I first became involved as an attorney and public advocate for the for-profit career colleges who are the target of the Department of Education's "gainful employment" (GE) regulations, I believed - as a liberal Democrat - that there was a basis for reasonable regulation of excessive student debt and abuses.
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Now more than ever, Americans need reasonably priced education opportunities to help make our economy strong and competitive again without the worry of burdensome, excessive student loan debt.
(That's one of the reasons excessive student loan debt is so pernicious -- it effectively reduces choices).
There is a lot of appropriate anger about excessive student debt these days, but student loans have largely changed America for the better.
Increasingly I am realizing how much of our personal finance troubles (excessive student loans and credit card debt, underwater mortgages, stagnant or shrinking retirement accounts) are occurring at the same time so many are feeling spiritually empty.
Although the risk of systemic contagion is low, consumers with excessive student or auto loan debt (in an environment of stagnant wage growth) are experiencing real financial stress.
The Department of Education responded to that comment by stating it "lacks discretion to exempt other types of programs... including ABA-accredited law schools" and that "the issues of accountability for student outcomes, including excessive student debt, and transparency are as relevant to graduate programs and students as they are to undergraduate programs and students".
On the face of it, these results suggest the primary issue for the protesters is excessive student loans.
Mr. Date likened excessive student borrowing to risky mortgages.
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