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I have no trouble believing that the student loan market would quickly dry up were the government to get out of the business.

Just wanted to clear up that my reference to student loans was not meant to start a discussion of the granting of _those_ loans. It was meant to spark a discussion of the lending to those borrowers *after* they graduate. As a group, their default rate is generally high. And yet, as a group, the extension of credit to these people is not systematically denied (as in redlining). I take responsibility for the thread being confused as I believe my first mention of it was unclear. mea culpa.

Red Rackham

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