It's time to kill a student loan scam

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Thursday April 16, 2009 · 8:36 AM PDT

2009/04/16 · 08:36

Today’s New York Times has an editorial about ending a federal student loan program that provides welfare to private finance companies (including banks) even as it rips off college students. Eliminating these financial middlemen will enable the US to save $94 billion over the next decade according to the Congressional Budget Office. The government would instead make direct loans to students.

According to the editorial, “Private companies that reap undeserved profits from the federal student-loan program are gearing up to kill a White House plan that would get them off the dole and redirect the savings to federal scholarships for the needy.” The Times argues, “Congress needs to finally put the taxpayers’ interests first.” Not to mention putting our students first, too!

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Monday May 09, 2005 · 4:11 PM PDT

2005/05/09 · 16:11

OK, folks, can we work with this one? It's time to take back the House of Representatives. Take a look at this: Read More

Kerry declared winner in Illinois!

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Tuesday November 02, 2004 · 5:05 PM PST

2004/11/02 · 17:05

At 7:01 PM CST, ABC News Ch. 7 declared John Kerry the winner in Illinois. Sen Barack Obama declared the winner, too. Hooray!

Voters are still in line in some places in Chicago. Lines were very long all day.

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Newest American Hero Campaigns in Florida

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Wednesday October 27, 2004 · 3:12 PM PDT

2004/10/27 · 15:12

Cindy Sheehan is my hero. She lost her son Casey to the war in Iraq. Then she made an ad for Real Voices and Move-On criticizing the war. Now she is campaigning with all of her heart and might and soul in Florida against the war and against Bush and his policies. Her love for this country knows no bounds.

Her incredibly moving story was published today. I copied her story into the extended entry box: Read More

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