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1. So Is This Why All The Politicians Talk About A Good Education?.....
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 11:39 AM
Jul 2015

So they could saddle people with debt that they have to pay until they die. This seems like a form of slavery.

It is sad because so many young people just out of college and wanting to start their career and life are saddled with student debt.

They find it hard to afford a wedding. They can't get a loan to buy a house. They are having a tough time finding a decent paying job that won't work them to death for meager wages. They can't start a family. All this because they just can't afford it.

Think about what would happen to the economy if their was student loan relief. All the money that they would have been paying off their student loans with - would be able to go to buying a house. Furnishing the house. Paying property taxes. Paying sales taxes on the furnishings they buy. They would be able to start a family. They would be able to take a vacation. Go to a restaurant. Go to the theater.

It would be a stimulus to the economy. Instead - their is this heavy burden looming over their heads.

We can spend money - Citizens United money for campaigning to buy Senators, Congressmen and Presidents. We can spend money for wars. But we can't give relief to the people that were sold on going to school and getting a good education.

What a sad state of affairs we have.


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