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1. His “solution” is a federal bailout exclusively for young married couples. Unbelievable… not to mention insulting for those who stay single. Are we dirt?

   1. chirite on December 9th, 2009 at 12:03 am

2. Of course single people aren’t dirt – those of you who are single deserve an out too. I blogged about this article because a person made a sad comment about wanting to have children. This crisis is affecting everyone with education (it’s cross-generational), and I was just highlighting one thing. There are plenty of single people who follow me and for whom I feel a great deal of concern – it’s just different for them. Besides, who says a single person doesn’t want to have a child too?

   2. C. Cryn Johannsen on December 9th, 2009 at 4:50 am

3. I would love to have children one day and have exceeded $100,000 in student debt. This is a HUGE problem. Let me point out that I know I wouldnt want to date anyone who attends the same college as me because I know they would be in just as much if not more debt than I am. Now were talking about $300,000 after a degree and thats because we attended a private school…. my question is why would a school allow loans to be taken out that large? Should they not have stricter regulations in getting into the school. Why would they not give you a real world perspective on financial aid.

   3. Jennifer on December 9th, 2009 at 3:15 pm

4. I’m just going to do it. No, I can’t afford a child, I can’t even afford to support myself and my wife. But I’ve been putting it off waiting to land a good career that I was hoping to find with my degree that would actually make my student loans managable. But that’s not going to happen. Not in the near future that is. I’m just going to have a child, and try and enjoy life, because this debt will never go away. I might as well enjoy life as much as I can. I have no intention of ever paying off my student loan, and the dream that I once had, and went to school for and earned a degree for, will probablly never happen. I have to accept that. But I can do what I can do to make my other dreams become a reality. Like a family.

   4. Mel on December 9th, 2009 at 6:36 pm

5. Thanks so very much for commenting about my own piece and so forth. Just so you are aware, I wrote another post about this issue (http://alleducationmatters.blogspot.com/2009/12/family-having-children-whos-picking-up.html). I’m asking people to send me emails that express their anguish about not being able to have children as a result of their student loan debt. When I sell cashmere, it breaks my heart when my lovely coworkers (and I do mean that) ask me, “so, why don’t you have children? I am sure you’d be a great mother.” This wonderful Latina asks me that almost on a daily basis. How am I to answer that question? It’s worse than when they ask me why I don’t take advantage of days in which everything is marked down for employees – it’s because I’m poor!

   5. C. Cryn Johannsen on December 10th, 2009 at 1:45 am