Comments by "SK ONTHEROAD" (@skontheroad2666) on "Canceling student loan debt ‘can lead to a slippery slope’: Campus Reform correspondent" video.

@paultovar5329 That is NOT AT ALL the same thing! How can you even make that comparison?
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There are literally hundreds of thousands of people in your same situation. I hope you all stand up and fight this! There will be thousands of others standing by you in protest, even if they are not in the same boat. Just on principle, everyone needs to stand up against this!
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@BigBoyRob If you send your kids to the school in your district. And even then, it isn't free, is it?
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@cheaserceaser And it pains ME to know that you had to! And I don't even know you! I am enraged by this, and I hope everyone else who is as well stands up and makes themselves heard! I will stand right next to them in protest!
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@mikemercado6095 Exactly! Which means, if you send your child to the public school in your district (the number 1 reason one chooses where to buy a home), then it is not really free, is it? And even worse, if you pay a ton in taxes bc of where you live, but you don't use the school in your district, then you are paying even more for nothing. That is why we need school vouchers!
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@BigBoyRob You seem fairly intelligent. Which is hard to find in the comments section of YouTube. Why degrade yourself and devalue your comments by insulting people you don't know? Let alone by getting it wrong with the statements you are making? It just makes you look like a jerk--I can't imagine that is your goal, considering you are trying to come off as an empathetic socialist encouraging others to pay off random people's student loans willingly. AND feel good about it.
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@BigBoyRob As I said earlier, you seem intelligent... and you make a good point! If they had students buying homes instead, it would be a win win! Their tax dollars would help pay for public schools, and other things that benefit society (while they get a tax write off). Smart idea! But as someone else mentioned, once you start insulting people, you tip your hand. And I am already sitting down, btw.
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@BigBoyRob Also, let's not use Nazis as an example for anything. It is an inequitable comparison and offensive to many. No need to even go there and add another layer of divisiveness to this conversation.
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@stevemahoney1733 Steve is 100% correct. It goes beyond whether or not student debt should be paid off (it shouldn't), bc there is another question at hand--many play the shell game with their debt. Especially now. Just bc someone owes Student debt and they want to "pay it off" (with other people's money), how can one prove that the $50K is going exclusively to student loans? It is impossible to prove. Having spent many years on the financial aid committee of a private school, I can assure you that paying off student loans is not only a bad idea, an unfair idea, and an unpopular idea--it will be detrimental to those receiving it. .any of those in debt are in debt bc they never learned how to manage money. To them, they will see it as just having won the lottery! And will continue to be irresponsible about it. How does that help anyone?
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@kathleenrobertpogue6818 Your taxes already pay for education. That is how public schools are funded. From homeowner taxes.
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@SABOARITI Community colleges are NOT free! Why do you think that?
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My girls just took a great class in 9th grade that taught them all about finances from a very practical perspective. They each were given a "job" and salary, and had to make a budget for the month and learn how to make it work. They hated it. I thought it was brilliant. And I told them they would appreciate it in 10 years. They learned things my husband didn't even know, like what is FICA, FUTA, etc. Or how much an electric bill is a month. It was a great class and I think all high schools should require it (it was an elective).
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Also, sorry, I didn't really get your point (why sorry to the pretty girl?). But I think high school students are ingrained to think college is the way to go because as educators, that is their job. Yes, in certain parts of the country where the percentage of kids who go on to college is lower, perhaps the curriculum should be more realistic. But that is something that should be addressed with the local school board. It is something that could be changed, and is a good idea! (The class I was talking about in my other post was in probably the absolute least likely school district in the country where it is needed. Let alone expected!).
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@psychosious I think you are overthinking this. Most people who go to college come out with some amount of debt. And that "some" can be 100's of thousands of dollars (for those who went on to get graduate degrees, such as doctors, lawyers, etc). For Biden to come along and say "we are going to wipe away student debt", or even a portion of it, which then means that the taxpayers will have to pay for it--after they have already paid off their own student loans--is not only a bad idea, it is infuriating! It doesn't matter why someone went to college, or who put the original thought in their mind that college was a good idea (and worth taking out loans for), it is simply not right. Not to sound like one of my kids, but it really is not fair. Not to the kids who went to college, not to the kids who decided they couldn't afford to go, not to the parents, not to the taxpayers. It is a horrible idea!
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@psychosious Also, student debt discussion aside, it is likely a generational thing as I am noticing it a lot lately... and a little late, as I see I am as much to blame with regards to my own children... but one can only blame their parents for so much for so long. At a certain point, when one realizes, "Hey, I never learned how to be responsible with money" (or something similar), it is a waste of time blaming your parents or school or anyone else for that matter. You were smart enough to come to the realization that there is something useful you need to learn--go out and teach yourself what it is you want to know. Take charge of your destiny! Especially now, with the internet (that your parents did not grow up with), and all the differences in how we live our lives today and how much new info there is to learn (you could probably teach your parents a few things!), you can go out and learn about anything just by searching YouTube. Whereas back in the day, we had to go to the library, use the Dewey decimal system (do you even know what that is, lol), find a book, look up the topic, hope it is the right book, read about it....you get my point. It is a whole different world we live in now. Whatever they would have taught you would likely be useless now anyway. Or maybe I am just making myself feel better and less guilty. But learning the "value of a dollar", when we hardly use cash anymore is hard. Knowing how to write a check when we have PayPal is useless... even if your parents taught you everything there was to know, it is now obsolete. But you can always teach it to yourself. Knowledge is very fluid these days...
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@psychosious I also voted for Trump. Because it infuriates me all the money we give, and especially, just gave away to other countries for the most ridiculous things I have ever heard about EVER! Let alone during a pandemic when we need it the most! When you work as hard as I do for over 30 years and pay what I pay in taxes, I am allowed to complain about where my taxes go, lol! And along with gender studies in other countries being funded by my taxes, I can complain about having to pay for other people's student loans after I have paid off my own. Or the fact that I should have taken out loans for my kids if I knew they would be erased. But no, I was responsible. Silly me! Same as why it is a better deal financially for ppl to sit on their asses and collect UI instead of getting a job right now. It is just wrong!
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@walkerpublications4418 NOTHING that you have written is anywhere close to true. Coming from a family with 2 doctors and 3 lawyers, all with double IVY degrees, your statement could not be further from the truth. And having sat on the board of a feeder school to the IVY's for almost 20 years, and chair of their FA committee for over 10 years, you are very misinformed. And even with all that aside, having 2 kids currently in college and another one who will be applying this year, I am well aware of how the loans programs work. Including FAFSA. Which is rolling, so there is no guarantee, even if one is eligible. Do you realize how much money one has to make to pay even ONE IVY tuition and graduate without any debt?? For those who have $80,000 a year, after taxes, JUST to send their kid to college, not counting anything else (not even a trip home for the holidays), on top of paying for their own life, 4 years in a row (haven't even mentioned grad school yet), and not notice the impact on their bank account, AND see the kid graduate with school all paid off, is an anomoly--largely bc it is just stupid and no one would do it. But pretend that they were going to--do you understand what kind of disposable income one would have to earn a year?
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@stevemahoney1733 Well put!
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@stevemahoney1733 It is just insane that most people don't understand the basic concepts of finances. Yet are allowed to take on huge amounts of debt they can't possibly pay off. Now that people will have to carry other people's debt, hopefully they will understand the consequences before they agree to it!
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@kingabstract2288 That is not at all what ANYONE is arguing. This is not the same as the health care debate. Not everyone NEEDS a college degree. And in the same vain, not everyone is entitled to have their school loans paid off by the taxpayers. And the ones who feel the most strongly about it are the ones who chose to go to college and take on debt to do so. Or even the parents who did it for their children. And those who have already paid off their loans and now, in addition, have to pay off someone else's loans. It is not right. Especially when tax dollars will go first to pay off school debt before it goes towards healthcare for all!
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A lawsuit based on what? What damages could you show as the basis of a suit?
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Of course. The point that she is making is that by staying in state, she made a responsible decision for herself by not choosing a private, more expensive University and therefore incurring student loans. Even if one needs to take out loans for in state tuition, the amount due at the end of the 4 years would be significantly less than an out of state, private College. As she said, the comparison is $80K a year (for NYU, as an example), vs. $8K a year, for a state school.
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