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In reply to the discussion: Student-Loan Delinquency Skyrocketing, Reportedly Hitting 'Danger Zone' [View all]Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)47. What EXACTLY are you proposing. Be specific please.
I think that I have been clear: I support free higher education for all, or failing that free education for none.
What is it that you propose? If you think it's reasonable to demand that society hand you thirty or fifty or a hundred grand in life "start up" money, what exactly do you suggest we give to the 17 year-old single mom working part time at McDonalds who had absolutely no freaking way to get to college?
In any case, if you are earning $36,000, bills or not, congratulations. You are earning TWICE the annual salary of the average Walmart worker -- Americas largest employer. And they have bills too. I understand that you are not wealthy, but my concern is fairness. So again, what's your proposal?
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Student-Loan Delinquency Skyrocketing, Reportedly Hitting 'Danger Zone' [View all]
marmar
Jan 2013
OP
They will take your student loan money out of your Social Security check.
Manifestor_of_Light
Jan 2013
#1
Technically true, but there is an unspoken (?) rule that makes bankruptcy Judges block
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#69
The problem is, if there is any bailout by this administration it will be for the servicers/banks
Maven
Jan 2013
#9
These loans are generally not even dischargable through bankruptcy (which destroys credit
coalition_unwilling
Jan 2013
#39
It's a sad day indeed, when one finds that the 'bright side' is some
coalition_unwilling
Jan 2013
#82
They'll do something about it. They'll give the banks a big fat check from the taxpayer and they'll
DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav
Jan 2013
#21
Wait, so the typically affluent kids who went to college get it for free...?
Demo_Chris
Jan 2013
#10
almost all of my daughter's friends are going to college on mommy and daddy's dime
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2013
#25
I guess for some reason this is difficult to understand. Let me try another way
Demo_Chris
Jan 2013
#37
Absolutely, but it's not the GOP, it is the ruling class and we have a whole bunch of them in
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#78
Then we are on the same page. Education is our nation's BEST investment. In my opinion (nt)
Demo_Chris
Feb 2013
#104
In a socialist country even the Wal-Mart worker would have a much higher living standard than here.
white_wolf
Jan 2013
#60
In a developed modern society PAYING for school should be the last consideration
Demo_Chris
Jan 2013
#71
What intrinsic value do your multiple degrees have that justifies your to belief
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#70
Fundamentally, I think we agree, although I don't think loans of any type should be required
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#77
I assume you understand that one-time forgiveness programs are unfair and regressive
Demo_Chris
Jan 2013
#79
I don't see how it would be regressive, but depending on your POV I can see how someone
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#80
Of course we agree. We probably agree on 99% of it. Sorry for calling you "he" (nt)
Demo_Chris
Jan 2013
#91
I don't think you have watched me trash educated people, I'm one myself. Further, you didn't answer
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#88
That's exactly my point, thank you. You are a Socialist, yet don't seem to understand that
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#98
Sneering at a college professor is something I tend to see RWers do. Not Democrats.
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#101
Oh my, I'm in trouble now. Do you understand the difference between teaching
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#102
We don't generally call ourselves "lefties", lol. That would a RW epithet.
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#108
Yeah that Ed Schultz, as just one example, is such a blatant Reich-wing nut.
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#109
Not so much 'share-cropping' as it is 'indentured servitude,' but I definitely
coalition_unwilling
Jan 2013
#42
Occupy Los Angeles made a token effort to address this with its free
coalition_unwilling
Jan 2013
#83
The income-based repayment program just has you paying a fixed percent of income
Yo_Mama
Jan 2013
#19
If you had the money to payoff your Student Loans, but didn't... would that be immoral?
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#27
And now we are heading into a double dip recession so I see this problems only
fasttense
Jan 2013
#31
Like pretty much everything else, this problem can be laid right at the feet of the RW and
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#103
That would be fine if they're working in the field for which they studied.
Sheldon Cooper
Jan 2013
#64
I may be very naive here so feel free to tell me why this is impossible, but...
white_wolf
Jan 2013
#65
They recapitalized my interest while I was deployed in the military for two years
Recursion
Jan 2013
#66
Tuition is raised everywhere at my public university. I have to wonder where the money goes.
white_wolf
Feb 2013
#99