Angry Graduate Wrote This Letter To His University. It's Hard Not To Agree With Him.

[kelliekat44]

54. Amen to that. I graduated in the late 60's. B.S. in Chemistry. $2400.00 in debt to Uncle Sam

from a national defense student loan (folks thought education was in the best interest of national defense). My rent off campus was $7.00/week in a home where the couple were eager to help kids get through school. I worked at Johns Hopkins on the week-ends earning $17/week-end. It seemed that back then most people were not trying to screw over everyone else and people loved to help each other. The Viet Nam War had taken its toll on many of classmates who were ROTC graduates. I worked at jobs for salaries ranging from $4,000/year to 5,000/year until I was able to get a job in my field (one year later). It was around 1977 when things started to go to hell in a hand basket by the time Regan got elected on the notion that Americans should not "sacrifice" for anything and that greed was good. It's been down hill ever since with a slight respite when Clinton/Gore was elected. Their motto for governance was "Putting people first." Lots of good changes were made with government during that time, better service in SS, much improved and responsive FEMA, and the noble notions of helping more people realize the American Dream of owning a home......so The money folks didn't really like the ideas of a lot people being able to own a home but the loved the idea of making the money associated with fast track mortgages. They knew they could help you get into a home but damn if they would help you stay in it. You know the rest of the story. The late 60's to early 70's were nothing like what is going on out there now. Our kids are screwed and no matter what the President tries to do to ameliorate the problem, the GOP will stand in the way...they never saw pain and suffering that they didn't like to increase.