the problem with our government ‘forgiving’ student loans is not only that many struggled for years to pay their debt off, and expecting them to now pay off someone else’s debt is unfair. it’s that colleges should be held accountable for this.
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Replying to @micsolana
I have zero issue contributing to no one else having to pay off loans like I once did. Just like i have zero issue contributing to schools i don't use, or medical benefits others use that i don't need.
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Replying to @drgurner @micsolana
how about people that are forced to contribute?
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Replying to @G_Langenderfer @micsolana
I am "forced" to pay school taxes and have no children...but it's a common good. Kids, imo, should have a quality education and for teachers to have resources they need....I'm happy to pay it. "Common good" is a concept many people are missing.
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Replying to @drgurner @G_Langenderfer
a two hundred thousand dollar english literature degree from a four-year sleep away summer camp is not a public good
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Replying to @micsolana @G_Langenderfer
I agree it's a problem that colleges charge what they do (and that should be addressed), but an educated public benefits us all.
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Replying to @drgurner @G_Langenderfer
that is just not true. our benefit depends on what people learn, and when, and the system you are trying to force me to pay for after a decade managing my own debt is absolutely a frilly commodity we don’t need.
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Replying to @micsolana @G_Langenderfer
I managed and paid off a significant student loan as well. But the problem isn't in loan payoffs - the loans are a symptom of a bloated and poorly run system. Address the root so the symptoms halt.
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Replying to @drgurner @G_Langenderfer
ok, slim it down and get it running properly. *then* we can talk about the massive new entitlement.
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Replying to @micsolana @G_Langenderfer
We pay for k-12 now...to me, this is an extension of that philosophy.
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there is a very strong public good argument for k-12 education. but again, i ask, what is the justification for a two hundred thousand dollar english literature degree from a four-year sleep away summer camp for grown adults?
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Replying to @micsolana @G_Langenderfer
Again I say that it is that excessive bloat that is the problem, not that education (or even literature specifically) does not contribute to society in meaningful ways. I expect we would find the same excess if we allowed K-12 to manage (and bill us) similarly.
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Replying to @drgurner @G_Langenderfer
you’re still not making an argument for the essential nature of college, which is a fairly significant prior if hoping to spend trillions of dollars establishing a new life-long entitlement to what you’re saying is a “social good.” to a humanities degree.
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