Ever-changing economy?  More like a slow-motion collapse. 

 

The barrier to education is not money and never has been.  The only barrier one must overcome is the willingness to learn. 

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Ever-changing economy? More like a slow-motion collapse.


The barrier to education is not money and never has been. The only barrier one must overcome is the willingness to learn.

Coming out of college with a

30,000 debt is indeed a barrier.

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When I went to college in the late 90s, I paid 1000 per semester at UNM... I waited tables on the weekends and paid my way through college and had a pretty decent apartment....


Tuition at unm now is 7,000 per semester... there there's no way I could have done what I did in the 90s with that type of tuition cost.


That is a barrier

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When I went to college in the late 90s, I paid 1000 per semester at UNM... I waited tables on the weekends and paid my way through college and had a pretty decent apartment....


Tuition at unm now is 7,000 per semester... there there's no way I could have done what I did in the 90s with that type of tuition cost.


That is a barrier

 

And why did that inflation happen? 

 

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

And why did that inflation happen?

You're gonna have to give details on what you mean exactly... the rise in tuition costs is nowhere near the rise in inflation... at least I don't think it is...

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You're gonna have to give details on what you mean exactly... the rise in tuition costs is nowhere near the rise in inflation... at least I don't think it is...

 

As with all subsidies, once the government starts giving money away the cost for whatever they're subsidizing grows.

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

When I went to college in the late 90s, I paid 1000 per semester at UNM... I waited tables on the weekends and paid my way through college and had a pretty decent apartment....


Tuition at unm now is 7,000 per semester... there there's no way I could have done what I did in the 90s with that type of tuition cost.


That is a barrier

 

Decoupling the price of a good or service from the ability of the consumer to afford it (through the miracle of government subsidies) inevitably leads to massive INFLATION.  

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Coming out of college with a

30,000 debt is indeed a barrier.

 

No, it's proof that nothing was learned in college. 

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He is pleading with Paul Ryan, #%#ing Paul Ryan who cares what he thinks.. we didn't get a chance to elect him as the speaker because I surely wouldn't have spent a vote for the guy.  He's such a phony.

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As with all subsidies, once the government starts giving money away the cost for whatever they're subsidizing grows.

Hmmm... how come the cost of milk, bread, cheese, etc haven't sky rocketed in the manner that tuition has?


Also, there were student loans and Pell grants available during the 90s...

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Hmmm... how come the cost of milk, bread, cheese, etc haven't sky rocketed in the manner that tuition has?


Also, there were student loans and Pell grants available during the 90s...

 

I didn't know the government had a "anyone who asks is given" policy on milk like they do college loans, though I am regularly paying $4 a gallon for the stuff that only cost $2 back in the 90s.

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

I would prefer that many Americans revert back in some ways to a 100 years ago when we produced our own produce on our farms for our families and didn't rely solely on 'GMO- scientist messing with nature.   It used to be that an average American a 100 years ago could explain how everything that they use is made & its function while today many would simply die without electricity.  Is that truly progress, or slavery?

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Paul Ryan has his own agenda to run in 2020 and the move he makes here is an important one.

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I didn't know the government had a "anyone who asks is given" policy on milk like they do college loans, though I am regularly paying $4 a gallon for the stuff that only cost $2 back in the 90s.

Ask someone who's under 24 and has parents that work if there is an "any one who asks is given" policy when it comes to financial aid...

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Paul Ryan has his own agenda to run in 2020 and the move he makes here is an important one.

That guy went into a homeless shelter and took photo opportunities and left without actually helping the homeless as a volunteer when he was nominated for VP... he is the part of the problem with Washington.. sure he smiles for the camera and says things that conservatives want to hear.. but he is really only out for himself.. a true phony politician.. see right thru him.. i don't like the guy. 

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What do the trump-bros think of Chris Christie heading up the transition team of trump wins?


Seems like the absolute worst person to put in charge of anything that has even a smidgen of importance...

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What do the trump-bros think of Chris Christie heading up the transition team of trump wins?


Seems like the absolute worst person to put in charge of anything that has even a smidgen of importance...

 

Chris Christie head of the transition team?  If Trump wins, it'll have one heck of a buffet.

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I was wrong about Trent Baalke. 

Ask someone who's under 24 and has parents that work if there is an "any one who asks is given" policy when it comes to financial aid...

 

I've yet to meet a person turned down for a Stafford. Was your experience different?

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

I've yet to meet a person turned down for a Stafford. Was your experience different?

Back in a previous life that I don't wish to ever relive, I was an enrollment advisor.


Dependants only get about half of the total amount available on the Stafford (now called Direct) loans. And they usually never get any grants if there parents are working.

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