Comments on: A Lone Student Voice Publicly Opposed to SAFRA http://www.quickanded.com/2009/10/a-lone-student-voice-publicly-opposed-to-safra.html The Quick and the Ed is an education blog published by Education Sector, an independent think tank in Washington D.C. The Quick and the Ed offers in-depth analysis on the latest in education policy and research. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:35:36 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: billybatter http://www.quickanded.com/2009/10/a-lone-student-voice-publicly-opposed-to-safra.html/comment-page-1#comment-1982 billybatter Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:30:04 +0000 http://www.quickanded.com/?p=8041#comment-1982 really? you found one, lone student willing to comment, who has NO student loans, no history of analyzing policy, no appreciation for the value of early childhood and community college investments, and who questions the government's ability to manage the program that it's done a better job than the private companies that can't run a balanced budget without a government subsidy? really? well, i'm here to help out: from a graduate current student who STILL has outstanding loans from her undergraduate degree, who has some skill at analyzing proposed legislation and who also has analyzed the bill, i know the government can and should stop SUBSIDIZING private lenders - who had the audicity to look to the government for a bailout last fall (who has the nerve to ask for a bailout from the government for government-backed loans????!!!!). Expanding PELL would be good, but re-directing the current investments from private companies to early childhood and community college (primary beneficiaries of SAFRA) would offer much more value than simply extending no-interest loans to middle or higher-income students who've already gotten into university or college. Net job loss would not be an outcome of the legislation - someone please explain to me how these companies could not exist and run a profit without a government subsidy - and whether you think protecting the few hundred jobs that may be the result of SAFRA could possibly outweigh the thousands of jobs that would be created in early childhood and community college as a result of SAFRA. it's sad but true, americans just can't ever seem to get the math right when it matters. really? you found one, lone student willing to comment, who has NO student loans, no history of analyzing policy, no appreciation for the value of early childhood and community college investments, and who questions the government’s ability to manage the program that it’s done a better job than the private companies that can’t run a balanced budget without a government subsidy? really?

well, i’m here to help out: from a graduate current student who STILL has outstanding loans from her undergraduate degree, who has some skill at analyzing proposed legislation and who also has analyzed the bill, i know the government can and should stop SUBSIDIZING private lenders – who had the audicity to look to the government for a bailout last fall (who has the nerve to ask for a bailout from the government for government-backed loans????!!!!).

Expanding PELL would be good, but re-directing the current investments from private companies to early childhood and community college (primary beneficiaries of SAFRA) would offer much more value than simply extending no-interest loans to middle or higher-income students who’ve already gotten into university or college.

Net job loss would not be an outcome of the legislation – someone please explain to me how these companies could not exist and run a profit without a government subsidy – and whether you think protecting the few hundred jobs that may be the result of SAFRA could possibly outweigh the thousands of jobs that would be created in early childhood and community college as a result of SAFRA. it’s sad but true, americans just can’t ever seem to get the math right when it matters.

]]> By: Anon http://www.quickanded.com/2009/10/a-lone-student-voice-publicly-opposed-to-safra.html/comment-page-1#comment-1981 Anon Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:46:49 +0000 http://www.quickanded.com/?p=8041#comment-1981 I'm amazed there hasn't been a student movement against SAFRA, but on different grounds; i.e., go ahead and kill private lender participation and let the government make all of the loans direct, but pass the savings on to the students in the form of low- or no-interest loans. I’m amazed there hasn’t been a student movement against SAFRA, but on different grounds; i.e., go ahead and kill private lender participation and let the government make all of the loans direct, but pass the savings on to the students in the form of low- or no-interest loans.

]]> By: Remainders: Chicago students debate the ethics of snitchers | GothamSchools http://www.quickanded.com/2009/10/a-lone-student-voice-publicly-opposed-to-safra.html/comment-page-1#comment-1972 Remainders: Chicago students debate the ethics of snitchers | GothamSchools Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:14:12 +0000 http://www.quickanded.com/?p=8041#comment-1972 [...] and the Ed talks to one student voicing opposition to Congress’ proposed student loan [...] [...] and the Ed talks to one student voicing opposition to Congress’ proposed student loan [...]

]]> By: Funding our Future http://www.quickanded.com/2009/10/a-lone-student-voice-publicly-opposed-to-safra.html/comment-page-1#comment-1970 Funding our Future Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:01:10 +0000 http://www.quickanded.com/?p=8041#comment-1970 [...] it turns out, I may have spoken too soon. There is now one student who, through a lender run campaign, has spoken out against SAFRA. A freshman at Vanderbilt [...] [...] it turns out, I may have spoken too soon. There is now one student who, through a lender run campaign, has spoken out against SAFRA. A freshman at Vanderbilt [...]

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