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In reply to the discussion: This argument about having paid your loans and so should everybody else [View all]Justice
(7,185 posts)58. Much of what you suggest was also announced today
My spouse and I had debt from undergrad and grad school. Prevented us from buying a house for 10 years.
We made sure our child did not have debt. Made lots of sacrifices to make this happen.
I dont wish school debt on anyone.
I want college students who choose teaching and nursing and social work and public service. I want lawyers and doctors who work in areas of poverty or as public defenders.
As was said by another on DU, I dont need to benefit from every program in order to feel good about it. I advocate for caps on insulin and prescription drugs even though I dont need any - why should student debt relief be any different?
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This argument about having paid your loans and so should everybody else [View all]
drray23
Aug 2022
OP
If an unfair system stops being unfair, somebody's going to take it in the shorts
gratuitous
Aug 2022
#4
Exactly. I graduated in 1995. When I started, tuition was $54 a credit hour. when I finished
Ray Bruns
Aug 2022
#18
Check out Norway: College students, even foreign ones, pay no tuition at all.
Ocelot II
Aug 2022
#56
I am glad to see money directed toward young people. We certainly left them with a screwed world.
NNadir
Aug 2022
#13
It is always better to give tax money to each other than to corporations & their investors.
NullTuples
Aug 2022
#20