Swimming with the Student Loan Sharks

>>She is already a benefit to society, and she could become an even greater one. And yet, we're struggling to send her to college. <<

Yes, this is a serious problem.

>>America doesn't give a damn about the future of its kids, unless those kids are already rich. There is quite a bit that is terribly wicked about the current financial situation in regard to American higher education. <<

Too true.

>>Research the cost of higher education here as opposed to most of the rest of the supposedly civilized world. It's disgusting how much other countries invest in their futures, and how little America invests in its future. The cost of textbooks alone are enough to break the backs of at least some American families.<<

There are a great many ways in which people are expected to pay more, often while getting less for it, while earnings stagnate or shrink. The result is, of course, economic collapse for individuals and families -- and then for parts of the larger economy.

>>"Make a buck", that's the American motto, even if it runs contrary to "make a future".<<

Sadly so. People are going to find out the hard way that strip-mining the future is a very bad idea.