Bruce Caplin Quotes (5 Quotes)

Folks are trying to do away with it because they want the money for deficit reduction.

So that would be at most 500, while the average Perkins loan is 2,000. When you do the math, the net loss to students (in federal aid each year) would be at least 1,500.

It's not a matter of affordability. It's a matter of access. If this program goes away, that will deny access to tens of thousands of students.

You're talking about interest rates that are essentially credit card rates. You don't stand a chance of paying that back.

Congress is going to hear from student loan professionals at the school because they're the closest to the fight. Certainly members of Congress will listen to them, but the folks they will listen to the most are students who are Perkins Loans borrowers.