Erasing student debt

At work, if I'm in charge of something, I have to fix the problem. I cannot pass the buck to someone who had nothing to do with it.

Incompetence and corruption is why higher education in this country doesn't produce an ROI. That's on leadership - Democrats and our feckless GOP. A secondary reason is of course the people with useless degrees who think the economy owes them

Making blue collar workers and college graduates who paid off their student loans foot the bill with their tax dollars is an admission of guilt that leadership has no answer to the skyrocketing costs of education and also and admission that they won't even try. Where then would be the accountability if they did that? Also - since they're not addressing the costs, are we going to have to do this again in 8-10 years. Is this the new American way, we'll have to have a jubilee every decade to wipe out student debt? Or, as usual, are they not thinking ahead like you or me might?

I work in the industrial sector - power plants, a mill, and now manage infrastructure on a massive farm with its own electric grid, generation, SCADA, and a fleet of large well pumps (up to 2,000 Hp). I don't want my children going to college even though I did since it's no longer economically rewarding. I want them learning a trade - electrician, welder, etc - and if they want to be in management, then they can work their way up while possibly taking coursework in the evenings, after they've gotten some practical skills under their belt.

Directly hiring motivated kids right out of high school and having them mentor under an engineer while earning their degree at night is the way to go. The private sector should open pathways since leadership failed and allowed college to become a ripoff. Meanwhile, that will force colleges to compete if they want to stay relevant - get rid of junk courses and trim costs.