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95 percent of high school seniors do in fact plan to go to college, but some of these students may aspire to college in the same way that many of us aspire to exercise: it is something they would like to have done but not something they would like to do. In this metaphor, investing in education by enrolling in college is like investing in health by joining a gym: an excellent idea, but only for those who will actually go and break a sweat... More
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There is nothing more disheartening than a nation whose youth have lost hope. That’s the situation these days in Greece, where economic collapse, coupled with a culture of dependence on government, has led many young people to conclude that they have no future... More
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The debtor, especially the debtor who continues to spend more than he makes, is never free.
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As students continue to borrow money to finance college educations in a flagging economy, student debt is skyrocketing — set to reach $1 trillion this year, experts say.
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Nobody said this was going to be easy. Nobody. The United States national debt is $13.7 trillion and counting. Counting rapidly.