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hoolstoptheheels

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I agree. I'm warming a little bit to the idea of forgivable loans.


First and foremost something needs to be done about the out of control inflation in education. Whatever is going on, and I don't claim to fully get it, it is a very strange market dynamic. I saw the idea of forgivable loans advanced regarding medical school - loan forgiven if you go into a lower paying specialty (primary care) and/or an under served area, loan not forgiven if you go for the bucks, say, as a plastic surgeon.

I think that idea could be expanded elsewhere in higher education. Free college - even without considering how to pay for that, it seems to me that it is taking the jewel of our educational system - higher education - and forcing it to adopt the financial model of public lower schools, which are, in general, struggling. To put it mildly.

(In response to this post by HoosWillWin)

Posted: 04/22/2019 at 09:26AM



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Ok. This plan by Warren is stupid. -- HoosWillWin 04/22/2019 08:58AM
  She is many magnitudes smarter than you. Explain -- 111Balz 04/22/2019 3:33PM
  I'm hoping he does this go around! :-) ** -- Hoodafan 04/22/2019 11:27AM
  If not for Hillary buying the dem party ** -- hoothat 04/22/2019 11:26AM
  Collusion? ** -- Hokieesith 04/22/2019 11:43AM
  Does it even matter,? This is just more left wing garbage -- TomKazanski 04/22/2019 11:20AM
  Forgivable loans? SMH dumb idea. -- BambooHoo 04/22/2019 09:52AM
  Would like to see it linked to public service. -- Chuck Taylor 04/22/2019 09:44AM
  If the IRS considers this like credit card writeoffs -- BambooHoo 04/22/2019 09:23AM
  Student loan forgiveness income tax loans? -- BocaHoo91 04/22/2019 09:32AM
  Those quickly delved into Trump is a racist arguments -- WahooMatt05 04/22/2019 10:02AM
  Exactly ** -- 111Balz 04/22/2019 10:27AM
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  Oooo. I like that! ** -- psychobilly 04/22/2019 09:34AM
  High college costs are driven by easy loan access. -- BambooHoo 04/22/2019 09:26AM
  I suspect you want to lower it ** -- WaxHoo 04/22/2019 1:01PM
  Totally agree. ** -- Hokieesith 04/22/2019 09:27AM
  You seem surprised....you should not be. ** -- hoothat 04/22/2019 09:05AM

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