You got my personal back up. One is a teacher in Roxbury, MA where most of Boston’s poorest folks live. Lord knows he did not attend a top notch Ivy League or otherwise school. The other is in a state college. Of course guns were not held to their heads but there is a reality to the financial challenges they face as they make their wa…
You got my personal back up. One is a teacher in Roxbury, MA where most of Boston’s poorest folks live. Lord knows he did not attend a top notch Ivy League or otherwise school. The other is in a state college. Of course guns were not held to their heads but there is a reality to the financial challenges they face as they make their way into the world as productive citizens. Nuance and real world experiences are important to understanding what is at stake as I’m sure you know. For sure their debts will be paid, but at the expense of other goals eg home buying, families being pushed way down the road. Not wanting anyone other than those kids to pay for their own education as I did, but it is an outrageous climb.
I do get it and I feel for them, I really do. And yes, add teachers to the exemption. Most definitely DO NOT get paid what they are worth. I'm not saying, tough luck (though it probably comes off this way). I think there are myriad things the govt can do to help, from capping interest rates and forgiveness on that interest, to changing bankruptcy laws, to expanding programs like TeachAmerica, the old Americorps, and creating new ones for doctors, lawyers, artists, etc. like we did during the Depression.
I get it about home ownership and all that. I never had children or owned a home (before the past few years and only by a family death) because I couldn't afford to have them—I just didn't make that kind of money because of where I lived, the industry I worked in, my particular job, and coming from a poor family.
But those were all choices that I made. It's not fair, of course it's not fair and it shouldn't be this way. But that is the hard reality of our lives—so much for "a new day in America." Reagan ushered a new age all right, but not the one most (clueless) voters expected.
I want your grandsons to get relief, but wiping all the debt away isn't the answer. People already resent/hate the college educated; this will enrage them even more.
You got my personal back up. One is a teacher in Roxbury, MA where most of Boston’s poorest folks live. Lord knows he did not attend a top notch Ivy League or otherwise school. The other is in a state college. Of course guns were not held to their heads but there is a reality to the financial challenges they face as they make their way into the world as productive citizens. Nuance and real world experiences are important to understanding what is at stake as I’m sure you know. For sure their debts will be paid, but at the expense of other goals eg home buying, families being pushed way down the road. Not wanting anyone other than those kids to pay for their own education as I did, but it is an outrageous climb.
I do get it and I feel for them, I really do. And yes, add teachers to the exemption. Most definitely DO NOT get paid what they are worth. I'm not saying, tough luck (though it probably comes off this way). I think there are myriad things the govt can do to help, from capping interest rates and forgiveness on that interest, to changing bankruptcy laws, to expanding programs like TeachAmerica, the old Americorps, and creating new ones for doctors, lawyers, artists, etc. like we did during the Depression.
I get it about home ownership and all that. I never had children or owned a home (before the past few years and only by a family death) because I couldn't afford to have them—I just didn't make that kind of money because of where I lived, the industry I worked in, my particular job, and coming from a poor family.
But those were all choices that I made. It's not fair, of course it's not fair and it shouldn't be this way. But that is the hard reality of our lives—so much for "a new day in America." Reagan ushered a new age all right, but not the one most (clueless) voters expected.
I want your grandsons to get relief, but wiping all the debt away isn't the answer. People already resent/hate the college educated; this will enrage them even more.
Ps. Like your stepdaughter these kids also worked their asses off to get where they are. I think we’re agreeing!