Tag: student loans

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The share of students borrowing money to pay for college increases year after year, and they’re borrowing more every year.  Total student debt, adjusted for inflation, has tripled in just over a decade. The loan payments, which can be a few hundred dollars a month, take a big bite out of young adults’ still-low levels of…

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The student loan problem has gotten under our collective skin – so much so that a new game show revolves around it. “Paid Off,” on TruTV, promises to pay off a share of the winning contestant’s student debt – 20 percent, 50 percent, or 100 percent – depending on how many answers he or s…