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Post by melanell on Aug 30, 2022 23:54:56 GMT
We are still thrilled for those getting some relief. I really hope this comes with other reforms, like controlling the cost of public university tuition and giving more grants than they currently do. People shouldn’t have to mortgage their lives away to participate in a middle class economy. I agree with all of this! I am very happy for anyone receiving some help now, but we need overall change going forward.
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Post by melanell on Aug 31, 2022 0:00:05 GMT
Well we do actually have a say in it. It's called voting. So you didn't answer the question about tax breaks for the billionaires. Does this not infuriate you? Read my answer. I could be reading both of your posts incorrectly, but I think you are both referring to billionaires in a different way, in which case your response did not answer her question. My apologies in advance if I have misunderstood.
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iowahawkeye
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Post by iowahawkeye on Sept 1, 2022 0:51:58 GMT
Retired college faculty at a major university, and I am happy that students will get their debt forgiven, but object to the fact that the plan as outlined by President Biden does not one thing to solve the problems of (1) students amassing debt that there is no legitimate way they can repay (2) lack of responsibility on the part of colleges to keep costs down (3) an antiquated student loan system that needs overhauled.
I find it ironic that the federal government, who currently holds 95% of student loans (government takeover occurred in 2010 in the Obama administration), forgave debt of some graduates in the same week that they issued those very same loans to students starting college last week. That seems to be the definition of insanity. Having watched the system for many years, I would like to see a concerted effort to actually solve the problem. How about 0% loans for students, since the federal government is issuing them, and willing to use taxpayer money to pay off loans? How about colleges be held accountable for steering students towards degrees that have a legitimate chance of making them a living - perhaps their state appropriation could be based on such. Perhaps we could do graduated tuition, a concept whereby the average salary in the graduate's chosen field determines tuition, e.g. a teacher pays less per credit hour than an IT specialist or pre-med student. And students need to have some responsibility for earning degrees in the most fiscally responsible manner, if the taxpayers are going to subsidize/repay their loans. These ideas may work, they may not, but surely we have the ability to recognize this is a perpetual problem, and attempt to solve it rather than to put a band-aid on it.
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Post by mellowyellow on Sept 1, 2022 1:59:12 GMT
I think my daughter in law should get hers forgiven.
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