Should Student Loans be Dischargeable in Bankruptcy ?

[EdinGA]

32. I'd like to see a resolution go just a bit further!

In Georgia we have the HOPE scholarship which pays the tuition of deserving students attending state universities. It's not perfect, but it sure helps a lot. The schools still ding us with useless fees and forcing students to buy the most recent edition textbooks, which is bogus, but still a substantial savings overall. The rest of the states could use this as a start, but the real answer is to guarantee a free college education just as we do K-12 as long as the student achieves well and masters the curricula.

I think the gov't should also provide access to post secondary degrees in return for newly minted doctors and other recently graduated professionals to work in areas of exceptional need, such as inner cities or poverty ridden rural areas in return for the high training costs associated. There are already some programs of this sort, but they need to be expanded and more fully funded.

I believe a return to a more progressive tax structure could make all this eminently feasible, along with building less war machines and restricting breathtaking Pentagon budgets, just for starters.

Do you agree?