Completely agree here Earle, and the college's have taken full advantage of our society (from the parents all the way to the classrooms of K-12) force feeding kids "You have to go to college" while condescendingly looking down our noses at vocational skills. We (whether intentional or unintentional) have cast social shame on jobs like mechanics, plumbers, HVAC workers, welders, electricians etc. *I guess because they aren't sophisticated enough to bring home to mama and daddy, heck, I don't know. They don't sound as "cool" at the country club pool and spa while sipping on our mimosa's.You forgot one important factor on student loans - a borrower can't bankrupt out of them. That's true of every other type loan you named. Also, we're ignoring the factor behind the ballooning loans, the obscene escalation of college costs. As I've said over and over, this country needs to be investing in vocational education, anyway...
*I think I just blamed spoiled white women for our student loan problems. Yeah, I think I just did.*
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