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[cadoman]

20. colleges need to participate in debt forgiveness--not be grant-collecting bystanders

Every time I step foot on a campus I am in awe of how the money is being spent. Elaborate architecture. Rich and comprehensive staff. Luxurious facilities. Amazing sports teams and stadiums. Salaried college staff seem to be doing very well and are always quite chipper when I interact with them.

Meanwhile the kids are in debt & poverty, being taught by unpaid grad students, playing video games or selling farts on onlyfans, and frequently end up getting jobs that have nothing to do with their degrees...

Debt "forgiveness" doesn't begin to fix the problem. It just allows the universities to double down on their mistakes and spending.

The repukes have also accurately identified a class rift between degreed workers and tradespeople: the tradespeople don't want to foot the bill for the degreed workers who have been rubbing their noses in it for decades now. They went to trade school, were mocked for it, and came out ahead, and now are expected to "forgive" (i.e. pay for) the debts of the people who lord over them? Tough pill to swallow.