(02-22-2024, 11:32 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(02-21-2024, 06:06 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: Is there anyone who doesn't see this as a vote buying scheme? 

Student debt canceled: 153,000 borrowers to get $1.2B canceled, White House says (newsnationnow.com)

I hate that.  For so many reasons, but I'm just too lazy to list them all.

It's the worst of all possible solutions.
Does nothing to reduce costs for the next generation.

It is clear that the folks setting the agenda want more and more people spending more and more time and money in school, regardless of if they learn anything. Because the schools are almost completely protected from any consequences of failing to place students into higher paying jobs.

Here's the mismatch: more than 90% of parents want their kids to go to college, think they should. They are the voters driving the agenda. But they're hitting this wall of reality: even with all of that encouragement, only about 60% of college age kids decide to start. About 40% simply don't want to go. And many of those who start don't finish.

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