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I think the idea of a debt forgiveness for college is workable. IF the school takes the hit. Lets say there are a bunch of kids out there who have taken a 4 year degree (taken over 6 years) in Latin lit or something else as outlandishly useless – then the school that granted the degree should take the hit when the kid defaults on his loans. The cost of a degree should have some relationship to the value of the career that degree should unlock for you. Just like any other investment. The schools that have been over promising and under delivering would go out of business.
Who says no Republican will vote for impeachment?
The rewards available to turncoat “conservatives” like Charlie Sykes and Max Boot and Jennifer Rubin are quite substantial.
Uh oh Stopa. You’re making me nostalgic. I actually saw the original Pippin cast in DC before they debuted on Broadway – Irene Ryan!, Jon Rubenstein!, Ben Vereen!! Stephen Swartz sitting in the back of the theater working on rewrites. I agree not a top American musical but a good, solid one. And who woulda thunk that a musical about Charlemagne and family would be so fun.
I love this one so much, Colleen. Amazing that you saw the original cast! Would have loved to.
Or if you just put responsibility for the loans on the schools and let them figure out the rest on their own because they have skin in the game. Loans could become targeted for very specific programs where there’s roi. Still, it keeps govt in the higher education business, and govt makes a mess of things.
Sounds good. There are 21 forms of debt not discharged in bankruptcy. Student loans are among them. Maybe the simplest thing would be to allow student loans to be discharged in bankruptcy.
I wonder how having debts not discharged is not a violation of the 13th amendment? If taken to the extreme doesnt this lead to peonage?