Evan Bayh jumps in the way of student loa5000 loann reform

Long-time Indiana Democratic Senator Evan Bayh recently announced his plans to retire — but those plans won’t interfere with his desire to stand in the way of student loan reform, lower costs for students, and greater availability of grant aid for low-income students.The problem? Sallie Mae employs a lot of people in Indiana, and Bayh wants to protect those jobs. In a letter to his Senate colleagues, Bayh wrote that he has “concerns about the short-term impact reform efforts could have on employment in Indiana.” He said he would “not support” any bill that does not “strike the right balance.”Let me translate that for you: Senator Bayh thinks that college students all over America should have to pay higher costs in order to support jobs for a few Sallie Mae bureaucrats in Indiana.Bayh’s website notes that “Senator Bayh has worked tirelessly to make certain that a quality education and the ensuing job opportunities are within the reach of all Hoosiers”With tireless advocates like Senator Bayh, who needs sell-outs to corporate interests who are willing to throw students under the bus to support big business?It really is a shame that Senator Bayh thinks that students all over the country have an obligation to pay higher prices to support unnecessary jobs for people in his state.