tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post4656643172295765987..comments2024-02-08T07:32:20.315-06:00Comments on Steve Bates - Yellow Doggerel Democratic Views: Robert Reich On Jobs, Jobs, Jobs... Why The News Isn't GoodSteve Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-12951233083387202122012-06-04T14:01:33.085-05:002012-06-04T14:01:33.085-05:00The student loan business is a vicious bank scam i...The student loan business is a vicious bank scam industry. I'm with you Steve. Education should be goverment subsidized throughout. When I went through school, I worked part time jobs at the University, got scholarships every year and managed to aquire three MA's and a Doctorate. The money changers would make that impossible today. I grieve for all the students who will be denied a future because of the loan scam. It will also affect the quality of our national life, and not in a good way. The banks should be broken up, the monopolies destroyed and/or nationalized. And yes, I am a hardened socialist, who grows more so with every passing year of the corporatist take over of the country.karmanothttp://adgitadiaries.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-1610416463769233512012-06-03T20:01:36.612-05:002012-06-03T20:01:36.612-05:00Constance, as I've often mentioned before, I b...Constance, as I've often mentioned before, I believe everyone's education should be government-funded, through college at least and possibly through graduate school for those who show talent in their fields. Call me a socialist; I won't contradict you.<br /><br />My education was wholly paid for by a very diligent Financial Aid office at Rice University. They found a series of wealthy alumni to pay my tuition, fees and textbook expenses for five years, through a professional Master's. My parents, well-educated but economically lower-class folk, said that it was cheaper to send me to college than to high school. And IMHO that's the way it ought to be: students should NOT be burdened with student loan debt for the first two decades or more of their careers; the fact that they ARE so burdened now is one of the most classist aspects of our increasingly class-stratified society.<br /><br />I hope your remaining student debt is alleviated without any great pain on your part. Count me as one who thinks student loans should be forgiven, paid by tax money.Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-11552858232729204972012-06-03T19:20:47.011-05:002012-06-03T19:20:47.011-05:00Then there are those who are still securely employ...Then there are those who are still securely employed (at least, that we're aware of) at high-paying jobs. And we're spending some of our money but not as much as the economy needs, because we're still getting the shakedown from the shylock...eerrr, albatross....errrr, <i>entitlement program</i> known as "student loans". I've still got 18 months before I'm out from under them.Constance Readernoreply@blogger.com