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DaveJ

(5,023 posts)
12. I'd like to hear some solutions
Thu May 3, 2012, 09:35 AM
May 2012

Unfortunately I can't think of a better idea than what we currently have.

We shouldn't make government pay for college, because then people who don't go will be funding people who do go, and that would not be fair.

My idea was to reduce costs, but I've had all the college professors on the DU yell at me when I suggested that. I personally do not think a book should cost $300, but I'm sure there are some writers who think it's wonderful.

So I'm not sure what exactly can be done. My student loan is equivalent to a car payment, and I accepted that scenario in advance.

Well said. JNelson6563 May 2012 #1
k & r surrealAmerican May 2012 #2
K & R a la izquierda May 2012 #3
Yup Iwillnevergiveup May 2012 #4
She kinda looks like Ava. BTW, where IS Ava? I miss her. Odin2005 May 2012 #5
Yup I miss her too madokie May 2012 #7
She's on FB. LeftyMom May 2012 #15
K & R nt abelenkpe May 2012 #6
It wasn't for me but ... itaest May 2012 #8
Socialist Germany :) TBF May 2012 #10
Thanks for the welcome - $800 per semester is not bad itaest May 2012 #20
That is true. bluestate10 May 2012 #9
Exactly. K&R n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #11
I'd like to hear some solutions DaveJ May 2012 #12
One of the best decisions I made ccavagnolo May 2012 #13
That says it all about our priorities. johnnyrocket May 2012 #14
I never accrued any debt to go to college. sulphurdunn May 2012 #16
Those days are long gone... DaveJ May 2012 #17
I have no objection sulphurdunn May 2012 #19
go to a state school then. I did crazyjoe May 2012 #18
Yes. Exactly. dkf May 2012 #21
Yeah, tuitions are growing too fast, but . . . 4th law of robotics May 2012 #22
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