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  • Letter to the Editor: Student loan solution still missing

    Francis Olson|Oct 16, 2014

    Dear Editor, The total owed on student loans in this country has now passed $1 trillion. The federal government will make a profit of at least $66 billion this year. Recently, the U.S. Senate took up a bill to allow some students to renew some higher rate loans so to lower their interest rate. It failed to pass. Have you wondered why you haven’t hear from the U.S. Surgeon General while this Ebola crisis continues? What do these two things have in common? Both of Nebraska’s U.S. Senators voted against the student loan bill. Why? We have not had... Full story