Budget cuts would hurt college students needing loans - Letter to KC Star

In recent debt ceiling negotiations, Republicans proposed making college students pay more interest on student loans as a way to save the government money. Specifically, they said students should start paying interest right away rather than being able to defer payments until after graduation. I’ll be entering college this fall, and a student loan is the only way I can afford it. I know we have a deficit problem, and I understand painful decisions will have to be made to correct it, but I don’t think placing an increased burden on young people who want to go to college is the way to do it. Congress should be making it easier to afford college, not harder.