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SickOfTheOnePct

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5. The cost of college needs to be addressed, IMO

Reply to EdmondDantes_ (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 02:13 PM

Jul 2025

And while I do support a mechanism to assist people with college, I'm not sure I see the point of making huge loans to students, many of whom obviously don't fully understand the long-term ramifications of said loans, when based on many majors/degrees there is little to no chance that they'll ever make enough to pay them back.

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