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Old 02-18-2024, 04:51 PM   #13448
Bill Bumface
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Originally Posted by TherapyforGlencross View Post
Honest question, why should student debt be paid off by the government if the students did not go to a state-funded school? Choosing to go to a private liberal arts college that costs 45k/year versus 19k/year public university, I have trouble sympathizing for. Especially when you end up with the same bachelor degree. Should the government always provide loan forgiveness, especially for future students, knowing that the ‘system’ hasn’t been changed to lower tutition costs? If the system hasn’t changed, then it sounds like a waste of money, at least to me.
The loan forgiveness thing is more feel good crap while leaving the underlying problem completely unaddressed. The plastic straw ban of education which is significantly more accessible to the wealthy.
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