OpEdNews: Student Assistance and Social Neanderthalism

[marmar]

Student Assistance and Social Neanderthalism
Diary Entry by Rafe Pilgrim (about the author)


Student assistance limps forward a baby step as Obama signs the tuition-loan bill.

One reaction: "Republicans vehemently opposed the bill, saying it would destroy approximately 30,000 jobs in the student loan industry."
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The "student loan industry"? This innocent never comprehended that we were dealing with an "industry" here. Is that what it's all about? Goodness, and all this time I thought it was about dragging America a few inches closer to the education opportunities available to youngsters of other industrialized countries, and perhaps becoming professionally and commercially more competitive in the international arena.
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Oops, there I go again -- forgetting we're now a POST-industrialized country, mainly trying to survive by selling stuff to each other, which don't rully tek all thet much edjucation, now do et?
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Those 30,000 bankster jobs are really well gone (if that's true) but since we are in a recession, actually a depression to the unemployed and homeless, this presents us with the opportunity for some real economic stimulus by taking the public's money previously slathered on the banksters, and converting those same funds to provide perhaps 100,000 honest jobs, jobs for instance in repairing and improving America's infrastructure. What a grand opportunity to repair the roads, bridges, schools, etc laid waste by 30 years of neglect. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.opednews.com/populum/diarypage.php?f=Student-Assistance-and-Soc-by-Rafe-Pilgrim-100410-645.html

[RKP5637]

1. If it helps people, it has to be bad in the minds of R's. n/t

[marmar]

4. True that.

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[safeinOhio]

2. I don't get it.

Nothing will be stopping banks from issuing loans to college students. The only difference will be that they will have to compete will government on loan rates. Now, if the government can issue loans with less people doing it and still make a profit, I'll bet they do, why are banks crying about free market capitalism? This seems to be an argument easily turn against them.

[hunter]

3. Wait a minute... I'm fairly certain Neanderthals were socialists

Or at least altruistic hunter-gatherers who shared with others.

So far as I know they were not bloody minded loan sharks.

"Certainly son, I'll force Bo over their to teach you how to make a spear --Hey Bo, teach this kid how to make a spear or I'll pee on your sleeping spot and take all your tools!!! -- but then never forget, son, I'm the banker in this tribe and you are going to have to give me a percentage of everything you catch while using those spears.

Nope, can't see Neanderthals doing that.