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  • I think that I might be on board with Bernie's student debt forgiveness program. As long as it is forgiveness and not the taxpayer footing the bill. Not because I feel sorry for Susan Greenhair for being $100,000 in debt with her Gender Studies degree, but because the college cost bubble would be popped spectacularly.
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    • Last edited by AlabamAlum; June 27, 2019, 02:44 PM.
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      • Agree in principle. But is anyone even working their way through school anymore? It is so expensive that student loans are becoming a form of indentured servitude.

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        • AA is correct. Not enough lipstick in the world to make that sow of proposal look good.
          Dan Patrick: What was your reaction to [Urban Meyer being hired]?
          Brady Hoke: You know.....not....good.

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            • The idiots in this state thought I was worthy of academic scholarships for all four of my degrees.

              Suckers.
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              • Just have the be less dumb than the other yokels.
                Dan Patrick: What was your reaction to [Urban Meyer being hired]?
                Brady Hoke: You know.....not....good.

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                  • Fair enough. Still, that's a tough path and you still end up pretty deeply in debt. Not $150,000 worth but probably enough to keep you from building any net worth in your 20s. Tuition + room and board + other stuff at Toledo or Bowling Green is still $25,000 per year for in-state residents. I don't know how much of a dent four years of part time minimum wage work puts into that, but I don't think that it is much. Paying it off without a STEM degree probably takes a long time. I know that there are people who do it, but my parents didn't have to. As much as I rag on Generation Y for all kinds of stuff, they are getting a legit raw deal when it comes to career building.
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                    • you know AA if you put 2 of those 4 associate degrees together you can get a bachelors I bet

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                        • Last edited by AlabamAlum; June 27, 2019, 03:37 PM.
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                          • Originally posted by Hannibal View Post

                            Fair enough. Still, that's a tough path and you still end up pretty deeply in debt. Not $150,000 worth but probably enough to keep you from building any net worth in your 20s. Tuition + room and board + other stuff at Toledo or Bowling Green is still $25,000 per year for in-state residents. I don't know how much of a dent four years of part time minimum wage work puts into that, but I don't think that it is much. Paying it off without a STEM degree probably takes a long time.
                            You may have to live at home and go to the commuter school. Or have a ton of roommates. And there is no undergrad degree out there that precludes full time work.
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                            • And you bring up a good point, DSL. Not everyone needs a degree.

                              You can be a pipe fitter or a welder or a truck driver or a plumber or an electrician or a million other things and make a decent living.
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                              • Originally posted by crashcourse View Post
                                you know AA if you put 2 of those 4 associate degrees together you can get a bachelors I bet
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