<p>*Back in the late 70s, (Jimmy Carter misery index years,) parents used to have their kids take out student loans at a tiny interest rate to finance all kinds of home repairs, vacations, family cars. *</p>
<p>really?
I was attending community college and working and paying for it myself. I didn’t even know that financial aid was available, and since I had been living on my own since I was 17, when my father died, I would have qualified for a lot I imagine. At least a subsidized loan. But it never even occurred to me to look. Even though it didn’t take long for the stress of working fulltime- commuting to work, commuting to school where I was also attending full time to take it’s toll and I dropped out of school and got a day job.</p>
<p>There are always going to be people who work the system from top to bottom, but that shouldn’t interfere with making it work for those who don’t break the rules.</p>