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Student Loans: The Fund-Eating Dragon

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The Debt Trap, How Student Loans Become a National Catastrophe

At the start of the twentieth century, less than three percent of the population had a college degree. College would have cost a lot of money for the average american family. And honestly, it wouldn't have been worth it, because most jobs at the time didn't require acollege degree. Even white collar jobs, i didn't even need a degree.

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