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Joinfortmill

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24. I was having similar thoughts lately. We need a shift left.
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 10:41 PM
6 hrs ago

That's one thing the beast in the White House has done, moved more folks left

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The people have voted to defund themselves and enrich the fat cats. It's crazy. 617Blue 17 hrs ago #1
It is refreshing to see a fellow Boomer admit dugog55 17 hrs ago #2
Ditto...in 1978 my tuition and books were less than $300...I was one of the last to serve under the old G.I. Bill. pecosbob 17 hrs ago #3
Over the past 30 years, inflation has averaged 2-3% while tuition inflation has averaged 5-6% in the US Shermann 17 hrs ago #4
Thanks So Much for Your Post. Very Well Said! The Roux Comes First 16 hrs ago #5
Yep. I'd have not been able to attend Uni if tuition was a whole lot higher than it was late 80's AZJonnie 16 hrs ago #6
Yep, early 80's very good state University with in state tuition you could definitley find a way to pay tuition ToxMarz 16 hrs ago #7
In the 1970s, my wife and I worked our way through college and graduate school. Sancho 16 hrs ago #8
Same story starting in 1969 BeneteauBum 16 hrs ago #9
The statistics say otherwise Cirsium 16 hrs ago #10
I don't think those numbers include the cost of tuition loans FakeNoose 15 hrs ago #14
Of course Cirsium 14 hrs ago #19
Percentage with degrees is only one statistic that can conceal a problem. Shermann 11 hrs ago #22
Agreed Cirsium 10 hrs ago #23
Most everything costs ten times what it did in the seventies. twodogsbarking 16 hrs ago #11
One thing in the financial literacy curriculum is overlooked: debt to projected income JT45242 15 hrs ago #12
Realistic, I suppose, but it's just fucking noise. hunter 14 hrs ago #21
Similar story.. surfered 15 hrs ago #13
Couple of years behind you, but Maeve 15 hrs ago #15
GI Bill was great rickford66 14 hrs ago #16
I'm about ten years younger than you, and things were much easier than now. yardwork 14 hrs ago #17
In the late 80s I went back to college and all it cost me was for books. My employer paid the rest. multigraincracker 14 hrs ago #18
I was a Boomer on the GI Bill in early 70's Bavorskoami 14 hrs ago #20
I was having similar thoughts lately. We need a shift left. Joinfortmill 6 hrs ago #24
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