{"id":1037,"date":"2010-08-13T08:03:08","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T13:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/?p=1037"},"modified":"2010-08-11T19:38:29","modified_gmt":"2010-08-12T00:38:29","slug":"student-loans-for-the-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/2010\/08\/student-loans-for-the-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Loans For the Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Pilon at the <i>Wall Street Journal<\/i> tells us that total outstanding student-loan debt has now overtaken total outstanding credit-card debt:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article\"><i>WSJ<\/i>: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/economics\/2010\/08\/09\/student-loan-debt-surpasses-credit-cards\/\" target=\"_blank\">Student Loan Debt Surpasses Credit Cards<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As of June, there was roughly $830 billion outstanding in student loans, compared to $826 billion in credit-card debt.<\/p>\n<p>Swell, ain&#8217;t it?  I tell you, this country can strap on the anchors and leg chains of debt like nobody&#8217;s business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Pilon at the Wall Street Journal tells us that total outstanding student-loan debt has now overtaken total outstanding credit-card debt: WSJ: Student Loan Debt Surpasses Credit Cards As of June, there was roughly $830 billion outstanding in student loans, compared to $826 billion in credit-card debt. Swell, ain&#8217;t it? 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