Students organize debt strike against Corinthian College for duping them into signing up for a worthless degree. Hopefully the first of many assaults against the student loan racket.
Students Loan Strike against for Profit Colleges*
By Lauren McCauley
Taking a stand against the for-profit schools which they say have saddled them with mountains of debt, a number of recent graduates, dubbed the Corinithian 15, on Monday launched a student debt strike.
The former students, with help from the anti-debt collective Rolling Jubilee, are refusing to pay the federal loans that Corinthian College Inc., the for-profit college chain, reportedly duped the students to sign up for, in exchange for a degree which they say is worthless.
“I was excited to attend Everest College online because they promised to help me find a well-paying career,” said student loan striker Latonya Suggs, from Cincinnati, Ohio. Suggs said she “took out thousands in loans so that I could make a better life for my son,” but upon graduating found that the criminal justice degree she obtained from Everest is not even recognized…
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The Most Revolutionary Act 
I could never understand that the government allowed those dodgy colleges to exist. I also never understand students wanting to sign up for private colleges with Kellog’s Cornflakes degrees.
Surely, universities are the only places to get a degree from?
I think the English speaking world often slides in so much nonsense and make believe. But not a make believe of the magic kind.
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Excellent point, Gerard. Unfortunately with the recent downturn even students with university degrees are waiting tables and driving cabs. There’s simply no work for university-trained professionals.
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This is very sad, but almost comical because it demonstrates how totally ignorant and easily lead astray that almost everyone is. See what I said about this a couple of years ago when the US Dept of Ed sent me 12 letters demanding payment a couple of weeks after I exposed the fact that the exit polls were rigged in the Presidential primaries in 2012 at http://www.opednews.com/articles/Social-Security-Checks-Gar-by-Ellen-Brown-120511-625.html#comment377198 Just hit expand comments to see it if you don’t want to sign in.
By the way, the 12 letters were dated the day of the radio show that I exposed this on. Also, from time to time, I get a nasty letter and I respond in kind.
Also, the stupidest people who are paying student loan debts are law school graduates because they haven’t even read the effing Constitution.
Mark
P.S. I haven’t paid anything to the Feds since they did absolutely nothing to keep a crooked judge from stealing my career.
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 20:48:15 +0000 To: markadamsjdmba@hotmail.com
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Very interesting article and comments. Good on you for refusing to pay the bloodsuckers.
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