Quote:Here's an example that Marco Rubio pointed out in his book. A young man who was an "occupy wall street" protester left his job as a teacher and borrowed $35,000 to get a master's degree in puppetry. Now how much demand is there for someone with a master's degree in puppetry?


This highlights choices that young people and their parent's make today, and also highlights part of the real problem, the cost of education and the availability to get student loans, not to mention what those loans are paying for.


People can get a student loan in the amount of $35,000.00 and wonder why they can't get a job after they complete their education. Perhaps it's because their degree is pretty much useless in the real world, and now they are saddled with the debt of the student loan.


Should the government make such a choice "free"?

This is a very real problem. Lots of wasted degrees if you are looking at it purely from a financial gain perspective. At the same time your various arts learning is just as important from a cultural perspective.


My girlfriend, while in college, was an art history major. Halfway in realised that though she loves art didn't want to do the things shed have to do to make a living (restoration, auction houses) so now she's a doctor. Over 100 grand in debt but we live reasonably I suppose. She has time to paint and draw and write as she please and I have time to argue with you yahoos.


I think education is waaaaay to expensive. I don't expect to have our debt wiped out but for the good of our country and its future, if it can't be made free to get an education it needs to be much more reasonable. An engineering and medical education ought not cost a pair of people nearly 200grand. That's insane consideirng the benefit they provide society.


BTW, you won the over.

---