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By George Will Columbian Syndicated Columnist Sunday, May 20, 2012 Bipartisanship, the supposed scarcity of which so distresses the high-minded, actually is disastrously prevalent. Since 2001, it has produced No Child Left Behind, a counterproductive federal intrusion in primary and secondary education; the McCain-Feingold speech rationing law (the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act); an unfunded prescription drug entitlement; troublemaking by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; government-directed capitalism from the Export-Import Bank; crony capitalism from energy subsidies; unseemly agriculture and transportation bills; continuous bailouts of an unreformed Postal Service; housing subsidies; subsidies for state and local governments; and many other bipartisan deeds, including most appropriations bills.

Crowdsourcing the Student Loan Mess – Huffington Post (blog)

For the record, I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of the Hitler Youth.

Congress should protect student loans – Fremont Tribune

Like many disputes in Congress, the standoff involving a hike in student loan rates is deeply partisan. Unlike some others, this one carries high stakes

Student loans and the culture of entitlement – The News Journal

Deseret News Student loans and the culture of entitlement The News Journal Concerning the “problem” of certain federal student loans , the two parties pretend to be at daggers drawn, skirmishing about how to “pay for” the “solution.” But a bipartisan consensus is congealing: Certain student borrowers – and eventually all … PostScript: Will, college loans and bipartisanship Washington Post (blog) all 58 news articles

There’s too much bipartisanship — student loans, for example – The Seattle Times

WASHINGTON — Bipartisanship, the supposed scarcity of which so distresses the high-minded, actually is disastrously prevalent. Since 2001, it has produced No Child Left Behind, a counterproductive federal intrusion in primary and secondary education; the McCain-Feingold speech-rationing law (the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act); an unfunded prescription-drug entitlement; troublemaking by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; government-directed capitalism from the Export-Import Bank; crony capitalism from energy subsidies; unseemly agriculture and transportation bills; continuous bailouts of an unreformed Postal Service; housing subsidies; subsidies for state and local governments; and many other bipartisan deeds, including most appropriations bills.

With student loans, bipartisanship piles on a new entitlement – Deseret News

A young man holds up a dollar sign during an Occupy Wall Street rally against the high cost of college tuitions April 25, 2012 in New York. Scores of students and former students gathered to complain about the high cost of tuitions and college loans

Why are cheap student loans considered entitlements? – SILive.com

WASHINGTON – Bipartisanship, the supposed scarcity of which so distresses the high-minded, actually is disastrously prevalent.

Students loans fail usury test – Asia Times Online

Students loans fail usury testBy Ellen Brown The Social Security program … represents our commitment as a society to the belief that workers should not live in dread that a disability, death, or old age could leave them or their families destitute. – President Jimmy Carter, December 20, 1977

End Draconian Collection Policies – New York Times

Deanne Loonin is the director of the National Consumer Law Center’s Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project and the author of “Student Loan Law.” The government doles out student loans with little or no credit requirements and minimal accountability for participating schools.

Cut the Confusion So Students Know Their Risks – New York Times

How did we get to the point where student loan debt has ballooned to more than $1 trillion? We all know that college has become more expensive, but a less-talked about reason is that many students and families weren’t able to cut through the fine print of the financial aid process