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scinerio | 2 years ago

It's free for universities who can rest easy knowing that if students don't pay then it doesn't affect them.

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FrustratedMonky|2 years ago

Ah, free in the sense that the University got its money and can now ignore any consequences?

It is NOT free to the student who is definitely affected. They are in debt and now crippled. But the university got it's money.

If you want to blame the government. Why is it the governments fault that Universities are now behaving like scammers and charging more for less and leaving the 'customer' stuck.

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Lets say I go to a used car salesman, and they want to cheat me.

Lets say (before 1983) I would pay 2000$ for the car, but I'm scammed and out 2000$. I lost 2000$

Lets say figuratively now it is (2020), and I can't afford the car, so a rich uncle co-signs, and give me 30,000$.

I still get cheated, but now I'm out more money, AND now I'm in debt to my uncle (who lets say wants some 'payment' I feel uncomfortable performing).

The used car salesman is a cheat either way, for lesser money or more money, and either way they got my money.

And I'm in debt and blowing my uncle until it is paid off.

In the end, I (the student) am stuck. Is it my uncles fault? Is it the crooked salesman? Maybe my uncle didn't know the salesman was a cheat either (but like a bank, does want something in return)? Should I know the salesman was a cheat? Maybe I'm young and just starting out in life and not sure about the warning signs? Should we allow the young and in-experienced to be exploited?

lotsofpulp|2 years ago

> Why is it the governments fault that Universities are now behaving like scammers and charging more for less and leaving the 'customer' stuck.

Because the government is not doing its due diligence as a lender, because current voters and government employees have no problem soaking future taxpayers. And crippling uninformed 18 year olds’ futures.