Yahoo - Graduates fear debt more than terrorism.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&e=38&u=/usatoday/20050519/ts_usatoday/graduatesfeardebtmorethanterrorism

The generation that came of age after Sept. 11, 2001, fears college debt and joblessness more than another terrorist attack. That's according to a new survey of college seniors and graduates of the class of 2005, most of whom were just weeks into their college careers that fateful Tuesday.


They still fear terrorism, and most believe that Americans will experience another attack. But when asked, "What are you most fearful of at this time?" only 13.4% said a terrorist attack; 32.4% answered "going deeply into debt," and 31.2% said "being unemployed."


The survey, released today by the bipartisan Partnership for Public Service, finds that 45.1% say they expect to graduate with $10,000 or more in college loans, with 20.6% saying they have more than $20,000 to pay off.

Bushy is ready to sign them up for his next stop on the world tour:

Afghanistan

Iraq

Iran

Syria

North Korea

See the world! Meet interesting exotic people....and KILL them!


:nuke:

Terrorism is other people's problem (if you don't get to die), but debt is your stupid $#%^&($#@#! - Why did I #$@#$#%%^% take that load $#%%^&&*!!!!

seems to have sunk into these students. Only fox news in dormitories from now on.

kick

Everyone worries more about immediate day-to-day how to pay bills, how to put food on the table, than they do about less immediate threats. You hardly need a poll to figure that out.

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

As opposed to BUSHCO's number-one best seller, "Terra! Terra! TERRA!!!!"?

You graduate from College. unless Rumsferatu owns your ass from ROTC, your chances of being killed in a Terra-ist attack are what, somewhere between your going on a date with Mary-Kay and Ashley and being struck by lightning, right?

As opposed to your odds of being saddled with over $50,000 in student loan debt....

DUH.

I'm many DECADES removed form being a graduate, and *I* fear debt more...