Robin Carnahan: “And I have just been handed a copy so I can read along as well. But as…”

On the recordNovember 8, 2005

And I have just been handed a copy so I can read along as well. But as we mentioned, already, even before these cuts, the average student has $17,500 in debt. Over the last 5 years, as if the debt were not bad enough, tuition is up 57 percent at public colleges, up 32 percent at private colleges and universities, and 41 percent of college grads average over $3,000 in credit card debt. So, again, the statistics paint a very clear picture that this is not the way to go.

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