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In reply to the discussion: I have a staunchly Republican friend with a crap load of student debt [View all]Pobeka
(4,999 posts)41. I haven't seen the details of his plan, so I can't answer.
But in general I oppose just throwing more tax dollars at it, because that doesn't actually reign in costs. Here in Washington, while my children were in college, tuition was rising ~18% a year, and a lot of that rise was because state funding was being withdrawn from higher education more and more. I'll bet some of the increases are also due to paying for more overhead to college administration.
Thanks for that excellent link on college costs BTW, clearly shows inflation adjusted costs more than doubled in the last 50 years!
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I have a staunchly Republican friend with a crap load of student debt [View all]
Quixote1818
May 2019
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I support the general idea, but I think calling it 'free' is a stupid framing ...
mr_lebowski
May 2019
#53
can't remember where - just saw a news story about people that age STILL with student debt
EveHammond13
May 2019
#11
what if one of your kids wants to marry someone who has massive student debt
EveHammond13
May 2019
#12
so because that student had a single working-class mom and had to take out loans
EveHammond13
May 2019
#25
Right?! My parents didn't help me with college at all, and my sister-in-law is a teacher who has
Luciferous
May 2019
#44
Do you oppose Biden's plan for 4 years free public university tuition as well?
Celerity
May 2019
#40
we must give relief to students who were victims of predatory lenders. period.
EveHammond13
May 2019
#24
And what of those who have paid debt off already? And can this be done AND the forgiveness
emmaverybo
May 2019
#51