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BeckyDem

(8,361 posts) Fri Oct 18, 2019, 07:30 PM Oct 2019

Robert Reich: Total student loan debt: $1.6 trillion

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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Robert Reich: Total student loan debt: $1.6 trillion (Original Post) BeckyDem Oct 2019 OP

If we get rid of student debt can we also get rid of my credit card debt? wasupaloopa Oct 2019 #1

I was going to pay cash for the car I bought last month. Instead I got a loan and crossed my fingers George II Oct 2019 #2

Robert Reich is right, and he rocks! No other advanced nation appalachiablue Oct 2019 #3

The price tag for a college education is significant and the prospects to repay it before they BeckyDem Oct 2019 #4

We all take out loans and struggle to pay them back! wasupaloopa Oct 2019 #5

wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)

1. If we get rid of student debt can we also get rid of my credit card debt?

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2019, 07:45 PM

Oct 2019

We bail out farmers and car manufacturers and maybe students. How do you get on the bail out train? People have to feel sorry for you for some reason or the other and you are bailed out.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

George II

(67,782 posts)

2. I was going to pay cash for the car I bought last month. Instead I got a loan and crossed my fingers

Reply to wasupaloopa (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 18, 2019, 07:53 PM

Oct 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

appalachiablue

(43,531 posts)

3. Robert Reich is right, and he rocks! No other advanced nation

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2019, 07:58 PM

Oct 2019

besides the US supports college tuition so high that students must take out loans and struggle for years to pay off exorbitant debt. It wasn't this way until changes made under Reagan in the 1980s.

As other countries know, and we used to know it's essential to make college and higher education affordable and supported by govt. revenue. Invest in the young generation, don't punish them; they're the future that will make society productive and strong.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)

4. The price tag for a college education is significant and the prospects to repay it before they

Reply to appalachiablue (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 18, 2019, 08:10 PM

Oct 2019

enjoy anything in life is also significant. Why would we do this? Why did we see university use business models? Terrible, and we must correct these wrongs.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)

5. We all take out loans and struggle to pay them back!

Reply to appalachiablue (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 18, 2019, 08:24 PM

Oct 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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