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Why did Trump Opt to not make a free college plan?
Posted on 11/16/16 at 4:51 pm
Posted on 11/16/16 at 4:51 pm
I know from early campaign videos he plans to bring companies back and hopes it will bring back jobs.
He also referenced the college debt, but I'm not sure if his plan on taxing universities with large endowments is secure. It seems like it could backfire.
I remember that Simpsons episode where they predicted that if Trump won, his greatest mistake would be 'investing in this nation's children'. I hope they are wrong.
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Posted on 11/16/16 at 4:52 pm to volod
Noting in life is free..
Posted on 11/16/16 at 4:52 pm to volod
College should not be free. Nothing is free, someone is paying for it.
Posted on 11/16/16 at 4:53 pm to Fireman17
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Noting in life is free..
This
Posted on 11/16/16 at 4:54 pm to volod
Someone must pay for it. And that burden would once again fall on the working class.
Posted on 11/16/16 at 4:55 pm to volod
Why would you expect me to pay for your college?
Pay for your own college. I did.
Pay for your own college. I did.
Posted on 11/16/16 at 4:56 pm to volod
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Why did Trump Opt to not make a free college plan?
Because nothing is free. For the government to give out anything for "free" they have to use tax money to pay for that "free" service. Trump wants to lower taxes, not raise them. Lower taxes and giving away more free stuff doesn't go together.
Posted on 11/16/16 at 4:56 pm to volod
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This post was edited on 6/14/20 at 7:16 pm
Posted on 11/16/16 at 4:56 pm to volod
People need financial skin in the game. If it's free then it doesn't get taken seriously (for a lot of people, not those that worked hard for scholarships).
This post was edited on 11/16/16 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 11/16/16 at 4:58 pm to volod
Because I dont want to pay for your asian american art degree that is useless to society other than being another professor that inflates the cost of education more so that you can become a liberal voter that is a moron
You can pay for that yourself
You can pay for that yourself
Posted on 11/16/16 at 4:58 pm to volod
Dem's lost...no more free shite
Posted on 11/16/16 at 4:58 pm to volod
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Why did Trump Opt to not make a free college plan?
Because its economically unfeasible. And making it government guaranteed would remove whatever sliver of accountability for managing cost by colleges there is left even more so than student loans have done.
Something has got to be done about the entire concept of the college/student loan/job system. Its a bigger threat than the housing bubble, IMO, and is one of the leading issues with deflating wages for young people. (Want a job? Go to college. Want to pay for it? Take out loans. Need to make college affordable? What for, loans are federally guaranteed. Now you make entry level salary while paying a couple hundred bucks/month in loan payments. College wins because they get money no matter what. Companies win because they get cheap labor and training they don't have to pay anything for. You.... get a job.)
And College is not supposed to be 13th-16th grade.
This post was edited on 11/16/16 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 11/16/16 at 4:59 pm to Fireman17
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Noting in life is free..
Posted on 11/16/16 at 4:59 pm to volod
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volod
When in this thread are you going to mention that you went to Southern?
Posted on 11/16/16 at 5:00 pm to volod
Making college free only makes it more expensive for the people actually paying the bill.
Posted on 11/16/16 at 5:04 pm to volod
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He also referenced the college debt, but I'm not sure if his plan on taxing universities with large endowments is secure. It seems like it could backfire.
If colleges have enough money to create "safe zones" and pay for immersion therapy, they obviously can absorb a few cuts.
Posted on 11/16/16 at 5:05 pm to volod
Having a college degree supposedly makes you more employable and greatly increases one's potential lifetime earning power. So why should the people who choose not to go to college subsidize that personal investment of others?
If you make college free, don't you encourage more people to invest wrongly in their education by taking "junk majors?" If one has skin in the game they choose more properly when picking their topic of study.
Shouldn't the cost of college be declining, not rising due to the decreased frictions in the dissemination of knowledge via the internet? Why should the general public subsidize a failing, broken economic model while stifling much needed reforms, especially on the bloated administrative side?
All in all it is a dumb idea.
If you make college free, don't you encourage more people to invest wrongly in their education by taking "junk majors?" If one has skin in the game they choose more properly when picking their topic of study.
Shouldn't the cost of college be declining, not rising due to the decreased frictions in the dissemination of knowledge via the internet? Why should the general public subsidize a failing, broken economic model while stifling much needed reforms, especially on the bloated administrative side?
All in all it is a dumb idea.
Posted on 11/16/16 at 5:13 pm to Snoop Dawg
It's not sustainable
He suggested capping the repayment around 11% of persons income & possible write off afterc15 years
He suggested capping the repayment around 11% of persons income & possible write off afterc15 years
Posted on 11/16/16 at 5:15 pm to volod
Because it's the worst idea ever.
Posted on 11/16/16 at 5:16 pm to volod
Why should it be free? Look at Tops. Too many people take a "free" year and waste it!! The world needs plumbers, pipe fitters and such.
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