The Student Loan Scam: The Most Oppressive Debt in U.S. History - and How We Can Fight Back (Kindle Edition)
Written by admin on July 2nd, 2009 in Student Loans.
From Publishers Weekly
Think credit-card debt is a problem? Take a look at the lives ruined through the corporate thug tactics, usurious fees and vicious harassment employed by some of the nation’s largest student-loan providers in this shocking exposé from Collinge, founder of StudentLoanJustice.org. The author had a manageable $38,000 in loans—until he missed a single payment. Fees and charges quickly piled up, and his debt mushroomed to more than $100,000. The author reveals t (more…)
June 30th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
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A must read
This book is a must read for everyone planning to borrow money to go to college. The information is important, and the book could save many people a lot of pain in the future.
June 30th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
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Educated by oppressive college debt
//The Student Loan Scam// reveals shortcomings throughout the student loan system. Collinge writes from painful personal experience, having earned his degrees only by using…
June 30th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
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Pomp and circumstance - and financial ruin
What American dream has not turned into a nightmare? Homeowners face foreclosure, their houses worth less than what they owe on them.
June 30th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
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Important Information!
Collinge argues that student loans have become the most profitable, uncompetitive, and oppressive type of debt in American history.
June 30th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
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The Alan Collingie Scam
Alan Collingie has made a career out of not paying his student loan debt then whine to anyone who will listen how the student loan industry is the devil incarnate.
June 30th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
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The Need for Student Loan Reform
Alan Collinge’s “The Student Loan Scam” is a remarkable book, in part because it took so long for such a book to appear.
June 30th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
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Phenomenal, fascinating, shocking, scary, wow!
Alan Michael Collinge has written a shocking indictment of the student loan industry. He exposes the lack of standard consumer protections that have created debtor’s prison for…
June 30th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
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Disgraceful government apathy
This book is a real eye-opener. Anyone considering financing higher education should read this book and save yourselves a LOT of grief.
June 30th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
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The Student Loan Scam
This is a very informative book that people should read. student loans are more insidious than the subprime loans that caused the mortgage meltdown and our current recession…
June 30th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
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Student Debt Alert
Mr. Collinge de-mystifies many of the policies surrounding the student loan industry. The book examines the intricate relationship between the university, various student loan…