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	<title><![CDATA[High Noon for the Student Loan Bandits]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anya-kamenetz/high-noon-for-the-student_b_41132.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Sallie Mae is the largest company that makes student loans. They were founded as a Government Sponsored Entity (GSE) like Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, but in 2004 they became the first ever of the GSEs to go totally private. <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2005/12/14/news/fortune500/sallie_fortune_122605/">Their stock has returned over 1900% since 1995</a>, while they continue receiving billions of dollars in federal subsidies every year. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0603,kamenet%20z,71745,6.html">Their record of manipulating politics </a> for <a href="http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/12/26/8364649/index.htm">profit</a>, <br />
all at the <a href="http://www.uh.edu/ednews/2003/usnews/200310/20031022loans.html">expense </a>of students and...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Business]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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