Originally Posted by ShortMagFan
Student loan forgiveness is a terrible idea

The taxpayers are getting stuck with the bill for those who took out loans they can’t afford to repay

It’s a slap in the face to anyone who worked to repay a student loan. And it’s a bigger slap in the face to the millions of tradesmen who didn’t go to college but are productive tax paying citizens and yet are going to get stuck with the bill to pay for someone else’s failed attempt at an education.

Student loan forgiveness is a bad idea that would have no end in sight.

The whole educational system is screwed up and broken. The loan forgiveness idea is just a byproduct of it.

That doesn’t even touch on work visas that cut into the value of a college degree or illegal aliens and outsourcing to China that has destroyed our manufacturing industry jobs forcing 18 years old to believe that they need to go to college to get a 1/2 way decent paying job. In most cases a B.A doesn’t pay all that well unless it’s used as a stepping stone to a Grad degree and even more debt. When adjusted for inflation a lot of careers requiring an advanced degree only pay about what factory work paid back in the 50’s and without the years in college or the cost of a home in college debt.