With over 43 million Americans paying off student loans, John Oliver discusses how so many people have come to take on student loan debt, why it’s so hard to...

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Student Debt subsidizes higher education ‘austerity’ budget cuts for the States.

The student debt industry traps people in debt in a deliberate and predatory manner, at every step.

Student Debt forgiveness programs are run by the student debt companies. 99% rejection rate for applicants to one program. A total of 32 student debts forgiven in the other.