Student Loan Forgivness

[blueballs]

I worked in a liquor store for $100/day in college and sold enough weed on the side to pay for everything- tuition, books, room, board, frat dues, clothes, everything... My parents were considered too affluent for me to get scholarship money playing ball, that coin went to the minority players.

My parents were amazed that I never asked them for coin after my first year in school, but they never asked how I did it, probably because they didn't really want to know the answer.

If there's a will there's a way...

100 a day to work at a liquor store? Wow...

CASH!!!!!

The owner was willing to pay for somebody he could trust. I was banging his daughter too, 'twas a great gig.

[mebison]

$70k? $90k?

Are all you **** going to Ivy league schools?

Med school for my wife. Started ~$120,000 but we've paid a large chuck down already to get to under $80,000.

My parent's were kind enough to pay for my undergrad and my wife paid her own undergrad through work and scholarships. Both undergrads at NDSU.

[kalm]

Good take danefan. Part of the problem is there's a finite amount of ass busters in the country. Education helps drive private industry and provides economic stimulus. It should be inexpensive if not free. I wonder how european countries are getting away with it?

Nothing is free. We will pay for education either through taxes or from our pockets. Which would you rather?

I don't see how education stimulates the economy. Hard work does. If someone can't bust their ass to pay their student loans, I doubt they are going to bust their ass to help stimulate the economy.

Public undegrad education is going to be as bad as public K-12. Some places it works, some it doesn't.

An educated workforce relieves employers of some of the economic costs of training and increases productivity and innovation, not to mention creating entreprenuers. It also requires higher wages which drives demand.

30 years ago you could literally work your way through college. Now unless your fortunate like I was and had parents who could support you through school, you have to work your way through college and go deeply into debt. That's regression.

Countries that provide a more educated workforce have a competitive advantage. The same can be said for healthcare.

[clenz]

kalm has a point. sara and i each work about 30 hours a week plus full course work and we struggle at times.