The roots of the student debt crisis go back to a promise broken decades ago –– when politicians put the burden of funding higher education onto students.

“We are in danger of producing an educated proletariat,” announced Reagan advisor Roger A. Freeman during a press conference on Oct. 29, 1970.

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    8 days ago

    They are waging war on us and some people still got thumbs up their butts. Like actual violence

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    8 days ago

    St. Ronald put the kibosh on all that high-falutin’ higher education nonsense!

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