Reply #17: I'm not talking about erasing loans. They charge horrible [View All]

[JDPriestly]

interest on the private student loans. The worst of it is that they accrue the interest on the loans while you are in school.

Education should have been free for you just as it should be free for everyone. Had you enjoyed the same opportunity for an education as the children of the wealthy -- children like Obama's children, like the Clintons' daughter, society would have benefited -- not that you aren't great and beneficial to society as you are, but the more educated people there are in a society, the better the whole society.

Having an education does not mean you have to choose intellectual work. I have good friends with degrees who love carpentry and home repairs. They run good, solid businesses and love what they do. Their educations make them better able to compete, make them better people, make them better in their work.

No one should be deprived of the opportunity for a college education because of lack of money. No one should have to be indentured for 30-40 years by student loan debt. Many of the most worthwhile jobs don't really pay enough to cover the debts. Teachers' salaries don't suffice to pay for the loans that a teacher needs to take out to pay through a Masters degree, for example.