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justwow 9 points ago +9 / -0

Accurate. So if I have to pay for Pat's gender studies degree, they should have to send me their report cards, checking account balance, and call me every Sunday night.

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Robsantosid 6 points ago +6 / -0

I’d say the vast majority of the student loan recipients I know used those funds to purchase cars, subsidize over priced apartments and live way beyond their means. They’re also the first to complain about their payments..

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UnemployedMarx 6 points ago +7 / -1

We should honestly abolish public education and all government grants/funding toward education. We don't need education anymore. With information at our fingertips, formal education isn't needed except in a select few students. The people actually getting PhDs and doing research. Undergrads are mostly useless. Most careers have tech certifications people can study and learn for on their own and don't need to go to university for. We're taking kids out of the workforce for 4 years, indoctrinating them with garbage and wasting all these resources on them. Most people who graduate end up with a job that uses like 1% of the knowledge they learned anyway.

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Shinydenim 6 points ago +6 / -0

Working in restaurants for years, can verify

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cheddar [S] 3 points ago +3 / -0

Doesn't it make you mad? Everytime I see a kid whining about student debt on tv I think about all the guys that busted their asses OR lived within their means to get the job done. This is why a lot of young people believe in communism.

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Shinydenim 1 point ago +1 / -0

They may also believe in communism because they aren’t familiar with the Holodomor. If you thought 6 million Jews was bad...

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usernamechecksout 1 point ago +1 / -0

Don’t forget a steady diet of pot and booze, amongst other vices.

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Res-ispa-loquitur 1 point ago +1 / -0

Every time I have the discussion, I cannot get a good answer on why the universities are not on the hook...they aren’t the bad guy, they’re not the ones who’s debt gets cancelled, they just skirt away. Why?

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beachbirdie 1 point ago +1 / -0

This was my observation when my kids were in college. Mine took out small loans and managed it well, rolling leftover funds into subsequent terms. They had a cash reserve after graduation that allowed them to start repaying.

Their friends threw all their extra into parties, clothes, decorations and other waste. I would have been very disappointed in them if they had been my kids.