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What kind of sense does it make in midst of healthcare reform with no debate or consideration to restructure student loans? >> the reason there was no debate and the reason it was put in this bill, it wouldnt have survived as a stand-alone bill. this is takeover by the student -- this is the public option. they say it wasnt in healthcare. it was. this is a public option for student. and the worst thing about the student loan program, it doesnt work. initiated in 1965 to bring down the coast of c...

Billion that used to go to banks and financial services companies and thats now going to go to the student loan program to expand pell grants and to make sure that college is affordable for every young person in america and i want to know if they want to repeal that as well because im happy to have that discussion. now, $68 billion -- $68 billion that was going to banks and financial institutions, weve just taken that money from the banks, from the financial institutions, doubling pell grants, m...

What kind of sense does it make in midst of healthcare reform with no debate or consideration to restructure student loans? >> the reason there was no debate and the reason it was put in this bill, it wouldnt have survived as a stand-alone bill. this is takeover by the student -- this is the public option. they say it wasnt in healthcare. it was. this is a public option for student. and the worst thing about the student loan program, it doesnt work. initiated in 1965 to bring down the coast of c...

Martha: on a day we expect the president to announce off shore drilling plans in the years to come, the dow is down about 31 points at 10875. we will keep an eye on it here on "americas newsroom" bill: >> the middleman. well save american taxpayers $68 billion in the coming year. $68 billion. thats real money. [laughter] real savings that well reinvest to help improve the quality of higher education. and make it more affordable. bill: thats the president touting the changes to the student loan p...

Strip club. we cater to a high-end, a-list clientele with live art installations with a voyeuristic theme. high end, did you say? all the news and commentary now on "countdown." >> good evening from new york. just as sweeping and just as fiercely lobbied against as the health care reform bill in which it was included, the revamping of the student loan program signed into law, the biggest achievement in making college in this country affordable since the gi bill and the president giving the first...

Offshore drilling is great but is that a stand-alone bill? no. its going to be incorporate -- incorporated into a massive global warming bill. thats what the democrats want. if they want to focus on jobs or restructuring oversight, well be all for it. the trouble is they dont want to do that, they want to go for massive agenda and get as much passed as quickly as possible, because they see the handwriting on the wall and willer turned out in november. trace: good to see you both, good conversati...

Club. we are most certainly not a strip club, says its director of special events. we cater to a high-end, a-list clientele with live art installations with a voyeuristic theme. high end, did you say? all the news and commentary now on "countdown." >> no photos. >> good evening from new york. just as sweeping and just as fiercely lobbied against as the health care reform bill in which it was included, the revamping of the student loan program signed into law today by president obama, representin...

This -- which came as a surprise quite frankly to a lot of people that you would tuck in a student loan program into health care reform. but he says these kinds of loan payments will make college more affordable for students with unmanageable debt. historically, kids in black colleges, hispanics serving institutions and other minority serving institutions and all for additional costs to taxpayers. >> i think its really interesting given what stuart varney told us about 45 minutes ago when you re...

To your question was an answer about the process and what took place on capitol hill, didnt get to the merits of what the issue was with the student loan programs. the bottom line is that i think that the way the system was before, and i think of americans would agree, is that the banks gave these loans out on the backs of american students, and this now by removing the middle man will streamline the process and get the loans to where they need to get. so i dont think anyone is shedding any tear...

Private sector jobs and changing them in for public sector jobs. thats what this is good -- about, government takeover, regulation, more government involvement in our daily jobs, more public sector jobs, less private sector jobs. martha: its an example of more growth for the government and shrinkingist private sector and i wonder if over time were going to see gee, why did we want more government jobs and fewer private sector jobs. >> again, i think the democrats are more than willing to take to...