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Oct 8, 2015
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mantis mutu
The Greatest Generation were poor parents. And Baby Boomers turned on their kids
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"Why can't we just forgive all the student debt. Everyone would be happy"
snowbird
10/8/15 8:45am
Why can't we just pay everyone $200k/ year! everyone would be happy!
Cougarclaw
10/8/15 8:46am
I'm sure the banks would be happy with that too.
mudpupper
10/8/15 8:47am
That's not a new thing. You're just getting old. Younger generations have been
srey
10/8/15 8:49am
Except, until very recently, the younger generations were just ignored.
boogers
10/8/15 8:52am
I don't understand your meaning. What has changed?
srey
10/8/15 8:52am
Obama's team got them to vote.
Left Shark Coug
10/8/15 8:54am
No, I meant stupid ideas the naive college kids used to come up with are now
boogers
10/8/15 8:57am
chicken/egg.
Left Shark Coug
10/8/15 9:02am
Younger generations have always been dumb, but now the naive and
boogers
10/8/15 8:56am
Yeah, the Baby Boomers have been so responsible.
CosmoK
10/8/15 8:57am
The worst thing the Greatest Generation ever did, was not beat the crap out
boogers
10/8/15 9:11am
Well someone has to pay for their second house and sailboat
YIsForBrigham
10/8/15 9:50am
The Greatest Generation were poor parents. And Baby Boomers turned on their kids
mantis mutu
10/8/15 4:18pm
I think Baby Boomers have been very irresponsibly at an institutional level
mudpupper
10/8/15 9:48am
May I suggest that you know a small number Boomers. Why don't they retire?
CosmoK
10/8/15 10:49am
The baby boomers are the idiots that created the permissive and indulgent
boogers
10/8/15 11:48am
Which is it, permissive or strict PC speech codes?
TomPetty
10/8/15 12:15pm
Can't litter, seat belts required, can't take acid, rules everywhere
TomPetty
10/8/15 12:19pm
IOW, "Why can't we just take other people's money? Everyone would be happy."
Left Shark Coug
10/8/15 8:47am
You should borrow $50 from her and then ask her to forgive the debt
KingDave
10/8/15 8:48am
I am OK with forgiving student debt to anyone with a marketable degree,
boogers
10/8/15 8:48am
As a former student who raked up over 200K in student dept I think forgiving
fiberpost
10/8/15 8:57am
LOL....wait you're joking right?
kotacoug
10/8/15 9:00am
Yes, because people with marketable degrees can actually repay their loans.
boogers
10/8/15 9:04am
Why would a lender want to forgive the loans of the people most likely to be
srey
10/8/15 9:10am
I was joking. I laugh at people that rack up huge debt to get degrees
boogers
10/8/15 9:15am
i'd be happy if the bank would just forgive my mortgage!
Renocougar
10/8/15 8:48am
She needs a bigger student loan. So she can go back to school to learn something
bluecheese
10/8/15 8:53am
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JimmyZ
10/8/15 8:54am
Sounds like a U of U grad.
IndependentGeorge
10/8/15 8:54am
While the intern is an idiot, the government could
Baron
10/8/15 8:56am
When we talk about predatory lending, ordinarily the lender is the predator.
TaiJuan
10/8/15 9:15am
True. predatory lender is not the right word. It would be
Baron
10/8/15 9:23am
Loose lending begats predatory sellers. It's the housing bubble scenario.
TaiJuan
10/8/15 9:24am
I agree, but for schools to raise tuition just to capture the money that they
Baron
10/8/15 9:31am
If this were a private lender we'd be talking about wall street fat cats, not
TaiJuan
10/8/15 9:36am
I agree. Both bad actors IMO. Government should tighten up and Universities
Baron
10/8/15 9:39am
Germany just makes it free to begin with
TomPetty
10/8/15 9:37am
Germany is responsible for WWII. Their system is different in almost every way.
TaiJuan
10/8/15 9:40am
Precisely my point
TomPetty
10/8/15 9:53am
can you imagine the outcry if caps were placed on the number of
kotacoug
10/8/15 12:21pm
What are some examples of those false promises?
Thrill
10/8/15 12:34pm
Step One - Government Should Tighten Lending.
CosmoK
10/8/15 9:04am
Is she hot? If so it seems like a good idea
TNT
10/8/15 9:04am
Answer this...why don't we just forgive all the US trilliions in debt?
docrick
10/8/15 9:04am
Forgive? No. Bankrupt? Absolutely. Then the lenders might actually
byubyu
10/8/15 9:06am
Allowing student loans to be bankrupted would instantly tighten up
hansel
10/8/15 9:13am
I thought student loans were not discharged in bankruptcy.
Archaeovagrant
10/8/15 9:32am
George W. Bush IIRC.
byubyu
10/8/15 12:32pm
Just remove Federal insurance of loans. Would solve everything. Instantly.
boogers
10/8/15 9:17am
Just save 450 k for dental school man, easy!
cougdonaldg
10/8/15 9:46am
Dental school probably wouldn't cost $450k if those loans weren't guaranteed
hansel
10/8/15 9:54am
I totally agree, maybe then kids could get back to "saving for school" instead
cougdonaldg
10/8/15 11:50am
Why can't we just give everyone an above average income?
CougarThug
10/8/15 9:13am
Here's an idea: people who go to college tend to be richer, so let's send
ThetaSigma
10/8/15 9:19am
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ByuMba90
10/8/15 9:29am
whoa
snowbird
10/8/15 10:02am
Let's charge parents for K-12 to pay for it
TomPetty
10/8/15 9:30am
The best liberal arts colleges have low real tuition due to big endowments
TomPetty
10/8/15 9:34am
There are a few elite colleges that can offer cheap tuition to poor folks.
TaiJuan
10/8/15 9:38am
University of Phoenix has an many students as 100 liberal arts schools
TomPetty
10/8/15 9:42am
Because I watched people at BYU get student loans to only blow the money on
Gente_Boa
10/8/15 12:17pm
Q. What do you call countries where people don't blow money? A. Poor
TomPetty
10/8/15 12:21pm
This I agree with. Student Loans shouldn't be something used to live off of. One
RootieBoy
10/8/15 1:18pm
You can't be serious. Laser hair removal?!
joelvandyne
10/8/15 3:27pm
I wish I was joking, but this is a true story. Anecdotal sure, but true
Gente_Boa
10/12/15 2:47pm
Agree. Saw too many roommates who got thousands in government
mcrsj
10/8/15 6:52pm
Laser hair?
CougarThug
10/13/15 3:01pm
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