Wednesday, December 28
It turns out that for "for-profit" educational companies, the government has imposed a pricing floor. Isn't that odd? You would think the government would impose a pricing cap instead. Well, it actually makes a lot of sense.
The government wants to be the sole provider of student loans, which is very clear considering the aggressive laws that Obama and those before him have put in place to drive out private competition in student loans. By lowering the lending standards on student loans, it is easier for more and more people to obtain them, which of course, just like lowering the lending standards on home loans did, this will eventually lead to more student loan defaults, the costs of which would normally be paid for by the banks, but thanks to Big Government, will be paid for instead by the taxpayer.
The other side effect of lowering student loan lending standards, just like lowering home loan lending standards, is that college tuition goes way up, just like home prices went way up.
So if you are the government, and you don't want price competition to drive prices down, because you want to be the only lender on student loans "because everyone should go to college and it's too expensive", then it only makes sense to put a floor on prices and not a ceiling, so everyone is required to charge at least a certain amount, making open competition, price cutting and efficiency irrelevant. And without those things, it is easy for government to compete since they are incapable of any of those.
Good for Big Government but devastating to Students and the educational system.
As you may have noticed, it’s snowing on my blog. Not sure if I am sold on the look but I’ll keep it around for a bit, it’s in keeping with the festive time of year.
I also spent a little after-tax dollars on upgrading the site so you won’t see any more pesky advertisements. Hope everyone likes the improvements.
A.W. Chuck
Yes, the snow is a nice touch. Great contrast with the black and red, almost like it’s snowing in hell. j/k