My dumb MAGA brother is attacking college students. Why are we paying off college loans he asks

[Trueblue1968]

It is a waste of tax payer money he says. We should give THAT money to social security people.
Just because he never went to college, he puts down people who did. He is such a jack ass.
He never helped his son with his college. His son got a 4 year degree and is now an accountant, YES HE IS PAYING OFF HIS LOANS, All by himself. He still lives in an apartment, he is engaged but won't get married for 2 more years because he is low on money.

[Tetrachloride]

1. Its easier than Nixonian Wage and Price controls

[Trueblue1968]

2. sorry i don't understand your comment. WHAT is easier than Nixonian Wage and Price controls?

Sorry to question you but i don't get it.

[Tetrachloride]

4. forgiving the loan is what biden can do fast

the ideal solutions of heavy taxation of the rich are not feasible quickly

politics isn’t for amateurs

[FSogol]

3. Was he mad about giving tax breaks to the rich? Or forgiving PPP loans to the rich?

That was millions and millions to the undeserving rich, not $10k per student victimizied by predatory lending.

[Trueblue1968]

6. he was SIMPLY MAD that the govt "gave" money to college students. He's a Trump loving MAGA

AND AGREED WITH TRUMP. After all, Helping RICH people who own companies "Trickles DOWN" and helps ALL OF US..... doncha know. !!!???

He thought RAY-GUN was godly and did the right thing.

My brother and I are estranged. I can't talk with him. He won't listen to me.

[NCjack]

11. I can sort of see his side. People struggling with college loans aren't the only ones

hurting and locked into servitude. For example, loans for trucks, tools, business insurance, etc.

I would like income taxes stopped on all earning less than $125K, with all earning reconsidered every year to correct the injustices done by senior managers siphoning all corporate annual gains over the previous year into their own pockets.

[yankee87]

5. Educated people vote Democrat

Also, let’s not forget that educated people vote Blue and that’s a major reason the Qpublican elites don’t want people to go to college. So now, all the right wing MSM has jumped on this. Like other posters said, no complaints when the 1% get two trillion dollar tax scam.

[Initech]

8. And they're going all in on attacking education lately.

Sorry GOP, but I don't want a barely educated dolt who took 3 tries to pass her GED exam and paid $100 for it lecturing me about paying for college, thanks.

[DBoon]

7. college helps people think for themselves

and that is a threat to anyone who is told what to think

[yankee87]

10. Qpublican party needs robots

No independent thinking allowed, only robots.

[Walleye]

9. parents got a tax deduction for him for 18 years. And I without children have to pay school taxes

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

12. While I am in favor of forgiving the loans, or part of them at least,

I've been frustrated for years at the way students and their parents blithely take on tens of thousands of dollars in debt for college.

Especially to get a degree that has no employment possibilities.

My advice has been to start at your local community college, live at home, and then transfer to a 4 year school. Go ahead and major in a field you're fascinated by, but never lose sight of the fact that you will need to get a job and support yourself when you're done.

[Trueblue1968]

13. i do NOT think the majority of students do as you say ....Provide the evidence please.

you said ::: Especially to get a degree that has no employment possibilities.

Can you back your statement up with facts? HOW many students do that?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

14. Well, you could have done the Google search yourself, but I'll help you out:

The unemployment rate seems low, but so are the salaries.

Major Unemployment Rate (2021) Median Salary (2021)
Anthropology 6.0% $33,600
Mass media 7.3% $35,000
Fine arts 5.1% $35,000
English language 4.5% $35,000

And another list:

Major Median Salary (2021)
Family and consumer sciences $32,300
Anthropology $33,600
Early childhood education $34,000
Theology and religion $34,000
Social services $34,000
General social sciences $34,800
Leisure and hospitality $35,000
Performing arts $35,000
Psychology $35,000
Liberal arts $35,000

Also, think things like 17th Century French poetry. Unless the student can land one of the rare jobs teaching it in college, and that will require a PhD, there are no jobs there.

I have, over my many years of attending college on and off, known too many students starry-eyed about some fascinating field of study, without ever checking out the employment possibilities. I just wish more students and their parents would be realistic. Yes, it's fine to major in something you love, but don't ever lose sight of the need to get a job later.

[Trueblue1968]

15. YOU may see these as empty education but there are jobs in many of those categories.

they are NOT empty.
and thanks sooooooooooooooooo much for the "google"

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

16. There are not many jobs for PhDs in things

like 17th Century French poetry. Really.

Tell me about the many jobs in those obscure fields.