The College Student Debt Machine: A National Disgrace
December 8, 2008 by Mr. ToughMoneyLove
Filed under Debt and Credit, Loans and Borrowing
With so much consumer and mortgage debt having been accumulated in the U.S. over the past 10-20 years, it was inevitable that those who have become addicted to credit would create a separate feel-good category that they like to call “good debt.” Student loans are often touted as being “good debt.” In this regard, Mr. ToughMoneyLove believes that our colleges and universities have not received enough of the blame for promoting student loans as “good debt’ and for making students and parents alike feel all warm and fuzzy about going off to college riding on a staggering pile of student loans. Read more



