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by themartorana 4185 days ago
"...but it has not hurt the economy..."

Really? When people are burdened with mortgage-sized unsecured debt, they spend much less. It places enormous downward pressure on the economy.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business-jan-june12-studentlo...

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Little question it's removing growth from the economy.

The US Government is printing immense profits from the student loan racket presently. $600 billion in new debt has been added to the government's pool of that in just the last six years.

That $600 billion just for those six years alone, will probably end up costing over a trillion dollars with interest. That's capital no longer available for production or consumption.