PLYMCO_PILGRIM
Gold Member
I have no problem with student loans. I have no problem with the government guaranteeing the difference between the prevailing interest rate and a lower rate provided the government does not let people off the hook who default on their loans so that the risk to the taxpayer is minimal.
I have a HUGE problem with the government requiring me to put somebody else through college. My son and his wife are driving their old cars as long as they can, giving up vacations and other fun things, and cutting back on other expenses as much as they can so that their daughter, my granddaughter, will not rack up a huge debt while going to college. And she is also expected to carry a full class load, keep her grades up, and be willing to take whatever work is available during long recesses and over the summer. Hombre and I are not in a position to help a lot but we help as much as we can with that project.
Our just recently next door neighbor is a single mom who can't help a lot with college expenses so her daughter, a super neat kid, is living at home to save on expenses but is working full time to fund her night school classes.
To suggest that I should pick up the tab for people who don't give up anything or sacrifice anything to attend college is infuriating.
IBR was enacted to address the number of students defaulting on their debt. If you go to college and get out into a crummy job market and work three jobs but still can't meet your monthly payment, is that the fault of the graduate? They had no way of knowing what their paycheck was going to be. It's just a pragmatic response to a problem.
Secondly, you aren't "paying" for anyone else to go to school. Your tax dollars go into a pot and are giving out via student loans. A loan is a loan. If a student defaults on their loan, they can expect the same consequences as anyone else who defaults on a loan. It's not "free money" and you aren't personally cutting the check. As it stands there is an expectation of repayment with interest that is why it is called a loan.
I don't care what sort of 'pot' is used for my tax dollars. Those tax dollars are money that i earned by educating myself, spent time in McJobs and other unattractive jobs to acquire experience, marketable skills, and references, and then excelled in the good jobs I was able to land. They represent money that I earned ethically, honorably, and without asking anybody for special privileges or benefits.
However or by what process it is done, for the government to then give that money to somebody else just because they chose a different lifestyle and process than I did, I can't see much justice in that.
Bullshit.What really annoys me is the right wing thinks they are the only ones working and paying taxes.
You make shit up in your head and attribute it to others who NEVER said that.
Liar.
Go read Foxfyre's post. She thinks she's the only one who has earned an honest living. She thinks she is ABOVE everyone else.
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"Those tax dollars are money that i earned by educating myself, spent time in McJobs and other unattractive jobs to acquire experience, marketable skills, and references, and then excelled in the good jobs I was able to land. They represent money that I earned ethically, honorably, and without asking anybody for special privileges or benefits."
I read what she said but she didn't say that she was the only person who worked hard or paid taxes. Do you have an example of someone saying what you claimed in this thread?