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There is a major debt problem that is sweeping across America. The creditors best new tactic is to target their marketing at the young people to get them used to spinning their wheels on the credit treadmill at a awful young age. The big banks post up regularly right outside of university campuses offering young unemployed students credit cards pre-approved with $5,000 lines of credit. All with the intent of getting students swamped in debt so once they graduate they will be paying off their credit cards for the rest of their lives.

This causes an abundance of unnecessary problems for young students. One detrimental problem is that kids need to take time away from studying to work more hours to pay off unnecessary credit card bills. Some instances force kids to drop out all together to get full time employment to pay off their debts.

For anyone who has seen the consumer debt documentary 'Maxed Out' you can see first hand how bad a debt situation can affect students. There were two college students whose parents were interviewed, both of whom killed themselves over their overwhelming debts that they owed. The harassment from collectors didn't at all help the situation. Plus many more students fall into deep depression because of the financial situation stuck in.

These credit issuers even go to the extent of hiring other college students to solicit their credit cards within the universities. Some students will earn up to $15 for every student who applies to get a line of credit. And I am sure there are many more tactics they are using to sign up as many young college students as they possibly can.

One way to reverse this issue would be to enlighten students in high school before going off to college about the associated risks that come with having credit cards. There should be a must take course put into the curriculum of high school seniors teaching them on what the consequences could be if they misuse credit. The course should also teach students how to correctly manage their money to avoid any unnecessary monetary problems in college.

Debt settlement is a great method of credit card debt relief for the college students that have found themselves in a very bad debt situation that they can no longer deal with themselves. It will help college students save money and become free of their debts within a few years, so when they graduate college they will not be stuck with a large debt amount over their heads