You guys are confusing student loans with financial aid, which is mostly discussed in the form of grant money that all elite universities give out to pretty much anyone who can't afford to come there-provided they meet their qualifications and are accepted.

That is money that is often $50-60k a year and does not have to be repaid.

Recession sucks for most people, but young adults are the ones who took the worst hits. Things might get better when boomers eventually retire.

To some extent yes, but its a side effect of a net positive. Having a better educated workforce is a good thing, as is better access to higher education.

The issue is we are letting companies reap the benefits and drive down wages while increasing qualifications for positions rather than forcing them to pay more, for better educated labor.

That's how it should be. Not everyone is cut out to go to college. It's mean only for the best and brightest, otherwise it cheapens the value of a college degree.

In the US, it's getting to the point where any idiot can get into college. Those for-profit schools like Devry and University of Phoenix are good examples of everything that's wrong with higher education in the US. They're ungodly expensive and they'll take anyone.

The government isn't involved enough. Higher education needs to be better regulated. In every other developed country, higher education is free or nearly free. In some cases, you may even be paid to go to college if you're studying something that's considered essential for society, like medicine. As long as we continue to devour our young in this country, we are going to fall behind the rest of the world.

That's awfully misleading phrasing:

“Bottom line: of the 189 million Americans with private health insurance coverage, I estimate that if Obamacare is fully implemented, at least 129 million (68 percent) will not be able to keep their previous health care plan either because they already have lost or will lose that coverage by the end of 2014,” he said in an email. ”But of these, ‘only’ the 18 to 50 million will literally lose coverage, i.e., have their plans entirely taken away. This includes 9.2-15.4 million in the non-group market and 9-35 million in the employer-based market. The rest will retain their old plans but have to pay higher rates for Obamacare-mandated bells and whistles.”

Yes but a more educated work force is not necessarily a bad thing, in fact its almost always a good thing.

What makes it a bad thing is the rise of required higher education, along with the generous issuance of work visas. I work in IT, and 90% of the people i work with are from india and arent american citizens. 50 years ago, that wasnt the case in any work place.