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http://dailycaller.com/2011/09/15/moveon-org-u-s-rep-promoting-student-loan-debt-forgiveness/
What do you think?
What do you think?
Originally posted by WoodPushThat has got to me moveon's dumbest idea of all time; and that's saying something. It's the ultimate antithesis of personal responsibility.
http://dailycaller.com/2011/09/15/moveon-org-u-s-rep-promoting-student-loan-debt-forgiveness/
What do you think?
Originally posted by sh76Aw shucks, you tea partier you.
These kinds of ideas make me angry. While my political opinions are closer to the Democrats right now than to the Tea Party, I can't sympathize with the left because they so often generate this sort of rubbish that passes for "ideas." This idea says IGNORE personal responsibility. You made a bad decision? No sweat. Papa and Mama Government will wipe your slate ...[text shortened]... le people. After all, you're "entitled" to a free ride.
Ugh. I think I'm gonna puke.
Originally posted by sh76My boss, a senior researcher who has many publications including in Science, spent 7 years on his Master's, not really sure whether he wanted to pursue physics or some other discipline. Thanks to the generous Finnish system (no tuition, various benefits) this was a possibility - if he had to pay large tuition fees he probably would have dropped out.
These kinds of ideas make me angry. While my political opinions are closer to the Democrats right now than to the Tea Party, I can't sympathize with the left because they so often generate this sort of rubbish that passes for "ideas." This idea says IGNORE personal responsibility. You made a bad decision? No sweat. Papa and Mama Government will wipe your slate ...[text shortened]... le people. After all, you're "entitled" to a free ride.
Ugh. I think I'm gonna puke.
Originally posted by sh76I like the fact that it's targeting a segment that really needs it - there are a lot of kids out there that really did work hard through college, really do want jobs, really do have skills to offer, and really didn't party their way through school.
These kinds of ideas make me angry. While my political opinions are closer to the Democrats right now than to the Tea Party, I can't sympathize with the left because they so often generate this sort of rubbish that passes for "ideas." This idea says IGNORE personal responsibility. You made a bad decision? No sweat. Papa and Mama Government will wipe your slate ...[text shortened]... le people. After all, you're "entitled" to a free ride.
Ugh. I think I'm gonna puke.
Originally posted by KazetNagorraOkay, to start, maybe higher ed should be provided freely, but that has nothing to do with excusing people for past debts.
My boss, a senior researcher who has many publications including in Science, spent 7 years on his Master's, not really sure whether he wanted to pursue physics or some other discipline. Thanks to the generous Finnish system (no tuition, various benefits) this was a possibility - if he had to pay large tuition fees he probably would have dropped out.
...[text shortened]... s sure education is a matter of working, not daddy's money. The benefits outweigh the costs.
Originally posted by KazetNagorraAmerican universities have let in large numbers of foreigners whose tuition is paid by their respective governments. This has driven costs through the roof. The average American student cannot compete with the government of Taiwan.
My boss, a senior researcher who has many publications including in Science, spent 7 years on his Master's, not really sure whether he wanted to pursue physics or some other discipline. Thanks to the generous Finnish system (no tuition, various benefits) this was a possibility - if he had to pay large tuition fees he probably would have dropped out.
...[text shortened]... s sure education is a matter of working, not daddy's money. The benefits outweigh the costs.