Lenders need to do a better job of underwriting student loans. Most students don't have a credit history, so the bank should look at their major and set the interest rate accordingly.
You think the military is there to protect a "free economy"? Why arent Iceland and Norway there, they have free economies too? Why didn't terrorists try to crash planes into buildings in those countries? I'd say it's because they don't have bullyist policies that piss of Muslims everywhere ...