President Joe Biden - Kamala Harris Administration

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W.TN.Orange Blood said:
Take a look at the evil laugh from a wannabe dictator. He hates everybody not him.

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AM64 said:
First, we're talking loans not free money. You buy a car, a house, or anything else with borrowed money; you pay it back ... that's how it works. If you want to argue that students aren't/weren't discriminating enough to understand and make choices as a basis for some sort of loan mitigation, I could go along with that IF the deal also takes away the vote from that age group. If you aren't mature enough to understand one thing, then it's reasonable to believe it covers other issues.

The point is a lot of the people with high student loan balances made poor choices. Pick an affordable path - not an expensive university you can't afford. Pick a career path that stands a chance of paying back what you invest - liberal arts, history, and a lot of other "studies" ain't it. Work. Join the military and use the GI Bill - I did, and I'm sure others here have done the same. The hard truth is that the university life as an "experience" and studies that make you "rounded" but don't offer a future are for wealthy kids - everybody else better have a workable plan and minimize any student debt. It's just that simple.

The other thing to consider is ditching the dem idiocy of college for all. Higher education has never been a right and was never intended for all people. College should be seen the path for people who did more than get by in HS; it is not an extension of K-12. We need trades too; cars aren't going to fix themselves, neither are pipes or any number of other things we depend on daily. The fact is that college costs are just like any other item subject to the law of supply and demand. The cost has been driven up disproportionately vs need because kids who have no need or reason to go to college do so ... and then find them selves without an applicable education or trade.
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Worthy read.
 
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swampfoxfan said:
Not a single penny But I wasn't spending 7 years getting a.medical degree to become a doctor. Didn't have to borrow 150,000 and after paying back 200,000 find myself still owing 400,000.
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I could get behind helping doctors erase debt. Starbucks baristas... notsomuch.

I'll even go a little further. If you create a business and employ 10 people for 5 years, I would be inclined to let the .gov erase that debt over time. But again, baristas, fry slingers and the like... nah.
 
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McDad said:
Young lady at my church just finished her second year at the college my daughter attended. She is an elementary education major. If she is taking out loans for tuition (i doubt she is), she will have 160k+ in student loan debt and be qualified to teach elementary school. :oops:
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why would she do that? Seriously.
 
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K-town Vol Fan said:
I seriously hope not. Idk how it can get much worse. A new Civic is 30+k and I'm looking at houses in ****ing Kingsport less than 2k SQ feet for 400+k. It just is not sustainable. I'm just glad I bought my current house before **** went crazy. I didn't plan on staying here that long but I'll die here before I pay these prices.
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Buy a used car until you can afford a new one. Financing a depreciating item is idiotic anyway.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
OK, I thought that is where you were going.

So are you saying that is a bad thing?
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Only to the extent that the dems of Delaware see an advantage to not taxing corporations in DE, but they don't mind being a part of the dem flock nationwide that believes corporations should be taxed. I do see the distinction between being incorporated vs actually producing in the state, but taxing businesses generally just drives the cost of the goods and services they sell and the consumer pays the tax. Dems can sell their fantasies of living free and passing the cost to "the rich" to their people who continually abuse themselves and their income to be a part of the great lemming herd. Dems have two great fictional concepts that set them apart from reality ... "there is a free lunch" and "you can get something for nothing".
 
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85SugarVol said:
Well this sounds great.
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Wonder if they are of the enlightened who just figured out that pumping out oceans of water destabilizes the ground above. Or then again they might be part of the other bunch that believes you can do whatever you want below ground without changing things above. You'd imagine these are the "geoengineers" who believe they can do no wrong and environmental impact studies are for other people being they are from an English ivy league school.
 
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StarRaider said:
wait wait wait i seem to remember peppermint patty telling us that it was a great achievement by the clown in charge.... was she/he/they gaslighting us again?
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I prefer the he/she/it thing. Especially if you just draw out the last two Southern style. If we give in on the "they" thing then the theys may start believing they are plural and want extra votes and handouts.
 
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SpaceCoastVol said:
You should watch "Fate is the Hunter" before flying. Either that or "Airplane".
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Gann was a great writer. Island in the Sky and The High and the Mighty were really good books. I always got a kick out of Andy Devine reaching up with a stick to turn overhead knobs in the movie version of Island in the Sky. I read all his books as a teen - and have most on ebooks to read again one day.
 
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Absolutely. I wish someone would use the US military to take on the cartels. That would be easier said than done. The cartel culture is so ingrained in Mexico and their people. They take care of people to not snitch.
 
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McDad said:
She wanted to go to a Christian college and her parents agreed to her choice. I sincerely hope she isn't financing an elem edu degree at a private school.
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I hope not either, but given the speed of information we have now and the overwhelming evidence that elementary teaching is not a lucrative profession, it is hard to imagine that she isn't going into it with her eyes open, but I am sure her parents are fully supportive. My sympathy is limited in that case. I have a relative that is going to get an art degree. Same scenario.

I know life isn't all about money, but:
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headhunter15 said:


Absolutely. I wish someone would use the US military to take on the cartels. That would be easier said than done. The cartel culture is so ingrained in Mexico and their people. They take care of people to not snitch.
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Unless we are going to grow, process, and manufacture drugs here in America, taking out Cartels would be a temporary reprieve.
 
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norrislakevol said:
Just when you think the climate alarmists could get any more stupid....
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Most recent Presidents: We are gonna reach energy independence!

We are gonna pass comprehensive infrastructure legislation!

Joe Biden: We are gonna stop the Sun!!

We are gonna build a bridge from the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean!!!

Way to dream big Joe!
 
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