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by crdoconnor 4034 days ago
>The baby boomers got a pretty sweet deal when it was their time to be educated but I don't think there is a great conspiracy to defraud our generation.

The elites ruling over the boomers were terrified of domestic communists. They talked about defrauding their generation whe they were young (rolling back the new deal, etc.), but they felt too threatened to actually do so.

The elites of today do not feel threatened.

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>The elites of today

*The Boomers

Who would you blame for ramping up the availability of debt for students so that colleges could charge more?

A) Lobbyists for the financial industry and for profit college industry

B) Your Grandma