Chart of the Day: Student Loan Debt Is Skyrocketing<\/a> by Kevin Drum in Mother Jones.<\/p>\nThe Text:<\/strong> You’ve probably seen this chart before, but it’s worth seeing again: Student loan debt is just flatly out of control. I understand why this has happened, and I understand why it’s hard to get a handle on, but we’re going to regret it if we don’t do something about this. We’re training a whole generation to be wary of going to college, and for those who do, we’re forcing them to start out their lives living under a mountain of debt. This is a recipe for disaster. More here from Maggie Severns.<\/p>\nIt’s also yet another fault line between young and old that’s not likely to turn out well. My generation got a cheap college education when we were young, and we’re getting good retirement benefits now that we’re old. Pretty nice. But now we’re turning around and telling today’s twentysomethings that they should pay through the nose for college, keep paying taxes for our retirements, and oh by the way, when it comes time for you to retire your benefits are going to have to be cut. So sorry. And all this despite the fact that the country is richer than it was 50 years ago, and will be richer still 50 years from now.<\/p>\n
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But at least today’s kids don’t have to worry about being drafted. That’s something, I suppose.<\/p>\n
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