Student-Loan Delinquency Skyrocketing, Reportedly Hitting 'Danger Zone'

[Demo_Chris]

67. Zero interest loans are a great idea, assuming they apply to everyone...

Zero interest loans are a great idea, assuming they apply to everyone and not just current recipients. That's exactly the kind of thing I can support. The government charging interest on student loans is ridiculous (in my opinion). I would actually go a step further.

I believe that there is absolutely no reason why we cannot provide free education to anyone who wants it, as far as you want to go. If we can afford 600 billion dollar defense budgets we can damn sure afford this. We already do provide this for twelve years, what possible reason could there be for stopping there? And I am including adults in this. Everyone. If someone decides at age 40 that they want to learn welding, or truck driving, or nursing, why in the hell shouldn't we send them to school? It's not as if we need more people competing for work. And education, over the long term, is not cheap -- it's FREE. So what's the problem?

As for teachers, obviously you could not know this, but I consider educators to be the highest calling one can have, and I have said so here several times. No profession gives more in my opinion. It is our teachers who stand -- unarmed and underpaid -- between their students and danger. That's Congressional Medal of Honor stuff there. Our teachers are our FUTURE.

And yes, I think you should earn more than you do.