Last Topic: 10:22:18am, 10/23/2023
Last Post: 11:57:04am, 06/15/2023
I was fortunate enough to have parents that gave clear instructions on avoiding student loans and why it was important to do so. Not everyone was so fortunate and they are absolutely a scam. Maybe they were "fine" 30-40 years ago, but the cost of education has gone way up and the availability of jobs that could put you in a strong enough financial situation to repay the loans have gone way down.
It's a tabletop game with a sadistic dungeon master and so many people feel the need to blame the players for participating in a game that's rigged against them. The reality is that the option of "leaving the table and finding a different game with different rules" is often going to be the last thing someone will think to do based upon their conditioning that "this is just the game that everyone has to play after high school".
Meanwhile other countries have figured out how to provide free healthcare AND free university level education. It's possible to want the entire society to be healthier and smarter and be willing to pay higher taxes to achieve that goal.
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