Moreover, a colleague of mine and a great friend stated: "the foreclosure issue is something that can be quantified. [People] can see neighborhoods taking nasty turns as the foreclosures increase." (Tim Ranzetta also provides disturbing evidence of how over 55% of counties have over 10% student loan delinquency rate, and he's expressing the same sentiments, i.e., President Obama should be turning his attention to current student borrowers).
Guess what? That's what makes the issue legitimate. On the other hand, those who are part of the indentured educated class continue to languish as government officials refuse to acknowledge that defaults have spiked. That also means that people aren't able to buy homes, cars, start families - why is this not considered a crisis too? Why are they helping those who have foreclosed on their homes and yet refusing to help or even acknowledge student loan debtors? I am at a loss. Their silence speaks volumes, but I refuse to accept this type of deliberate marginalization.
This type of silence also means that we will continue to be attacked on the internet and told that we're lazy, jobless losers (none of which is true).
So, here's my question for you: if there's a way to show that people are really suffering with student loans and are probably losing their homes too, then more attention would be given to it by the government. But how do we demonstrate that there is indeed a student lending crisis affecting millions of people?
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