Teachers, Lawyers And Others Worry About The Fate Of Student Debt Forgiveness

Well said CPT Jack Durish

But to be fair, we then turn right around and bail out the big three, banks, etc. So what TRULY have we taught our kids? We've taught them that "yes, bailouts are to be expected." So while we rail at youth/millenials/snowflakes, etc, the truth of the matter is, we are Dr. Frankenstein staring at our creation and at the same time wondering loudly why its destroying everything. Where did *it* go wrong? Where indeed.

PO3 Donald Murphy to be fair there is a difference. We didn't force students to take out loans as banks were forced to make bad loans to home buyers who couldn't afford them. And the problems hit the fan when the agencies established to guarantee those loans became overextended.

LTC Stephen C. I have run out of thumbs for today.

PO3 Steven Sherrill - It changed when the emphasis changed. College football has its own televised events now, right? Well guess what? That "hometown rivalry game" on Fox or ABC has to be paid for. They need a new stadium. Etc. All of that costs money. Hence, rising tuition. Hard work? Doesn't exist. I need a degree to do my own job now. If I was a fresh out of high school kid wanting to do my job, I'd need a degree. Sports Medicine? Wasn't that the scrawny kid that handed the team towels and water bottles and sat on the bench? Well guess what? Thats a degree now! Too much of life requires college today. IT SHOULDN'T, but it does.

So its not that the kids are sitting at home randomly wanting to rack up debt. My 26 year old graduated high school, no college and became the only thing he could become: a server. I love the meme showing the dirty arm of a mechanic tightening a bolt on a car - "teach your kids that its okay to not go to college." Problem is, that "manual labor job" requires college. My son has had to go to college now. So its not our kids' work ethic. Its people our age deciding that you can't be a help desk technician or day care worker without a degree. The kids then have to get that degree which is not as cheap as when you and I were young.

PO3 Donald Murphy - I work in Information Technology. I find college degrees a funny thing. Because technology is advancing at such a fast pace, that IT Degree that one spends 50,000 on is obsolete within 10 years leaving the individual paying for a dead degree for the next 20 years. Vocational Schools used to be a thing. Learning a trade used to be a thing. I really believe a part of it is that employers with limited hiring potential need to cull the application pool, and that is as good a place to start as any. I am thankful. I was hired with a simple Microsoft Certification, and have been with my employer for 11 years. I am an IT Guy, but I have taken on a larger role in my company. In addition to IT, I oversee building maintenance. Right now I am in charge of a roofing project for our building. I have had no training or education in this, I had to learn on the fly. No degree, just keep pushing. I was one of the lucky ones.

PO3 Steven Sherrill - Preaching to the choir brother. I'm an MCP as well. An "IT" degree is worthless as the stuff is changing too fast. Yet, my former company demands an IT degree now. So sadly a lot of the "oh lets just go to tech school" jobs are going away or demanding a degree.

You deserve more up thumbs!!!!! PO1 Richard Cormier ANOTHER GREAT AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO ALSO SERVED THE NATION!

PO1 Richard Cormier Well said. BZ