Want the American Dream? Get Rich Parents or Move to Canada

[MADem]

43. The Little Fauntleroys I was talking about were fifth graders.

They weren't living in apartments. They were expected to quit school and get their asses into the factories to WORK to help support the family.

When someone left home, they took stress OFF the family. One less mouth to feed, one less back to clothe. It's why Joe Moakley joined the Navy--three hots and a cot, and to take a bit of the pressure off his parents.

My point is that things that require a bit of personal investment are valued. Things that are handed to people free are not. I do not think this personal investment should be spirit crushing or onerous, and I also think campus housing, for those going to school full time, is a good esprit de corps builder.

And I really wish you would just read what people write before you get all hot breathed and hectoring with a dramatic response. Talk about a straw man! What part of the word AFFORDABLE is unclear to you? How can I help you come to an understanding that "affordable" does not mean expensive tuition, nor does it mean "high interest rate" or "paying on them for half of the rest of one's life..."

That kind of loan expenditure is the OPPOSITE of "affordable." Most would call that "usurious." What I advocate is AFFORDABLE tuitions, with payback forgiveness options for public service. Where do you get huge interest rates and loan service for half a lifetime from that? Please, eluciate!