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re: New TOPS award approved for high-performing students
Posted on 6/25/25 at 10:54 am to ATrillionaire
Posted on 6/25/25 at 10:54 am to ATrillionaire
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Nothing. But they may keep some. Aren't getting any with stipulations.
The ones that stay don’t have to pay anything, the ones that don’t do. It’s not hard to grasp at all.
And if you pay and move back, you can get tax credits to recoup your payments as you contribute to the economy
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Posted on 6/25/25 at 10:56 am to Sun God
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$12000 doesn’t seem like much these days
It's a scholarship from the taxpayers. Jesus some of you people are ridiculous.
Socialism creep is a real honest to God thing.
Posted on 6/25/25 at 10:59 am to DiamondDog
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It's a scholarship from the taxpayers. Jesus some of you people are ridiculous. Socialism creep is a real honest to God thing.
It’s actually a great program for both parties if you stop the brain drain. A $50k investment by the state pays back by multiples over the life of a white collar worker living in the state.
Posted on 6/25/25 at 11:02 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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The ones that stay don’t have to pay anything, the ones that don’t do. It’s not hard to grasp at all.
I guess I'm not explaining my pt well enough.
At 18, I'm not signing a contract to limit my future to LA for however amount of years after graduation.
I may stay. I may not. But, I'm not making that decision before I start my journey.
TOPS gives the state 4 more yrs to convince LA students to stay home.
Posted on 6/25/25 at 11:03 am to ATrillionaire
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At 18, I'm not signing a contract to limit my future to LA for however amount of years after graduation.
Then don’t take it and take out student loans which a worse deal either way
Posted on 6/25/25 at 11:04 am to Mingo Was His NameO
The students that go to lsgbt arent the ones we wait staying in Louisiana
Posted on 6/25/25 at 11:05 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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I used TOPS and immediately left the state, I just understand what it actually is
So you gladly took the money, but don’t want the same opportunity for the ones behind you. And yet millennials love to gripe about boomers “pulling the ladder up.”
Posted on 6/25/25 at 11:07 am to DrrTiger
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So you gladly took the money, but don’t want the same opportunity for the ones behind you.
Yeah, I would have done the same thing either way. I know what I did, the program was available to me so I took it, that doesn’t mean it’s a good program. Pretty simple
Posted on 6/25/25 at 11:08 am to DrrTiger
So if a student just graduated from HS, has the GPA but not the ACT requirements, can they take the classical learning test now and become eligible for the excellence award? Not sure how this addresses already enrolled in state college students and whether it will be retroactively applied
Posted on 6/25/25 at 11:09 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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Then don’t take it
I wouldn't.
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take out student loans which a worse deal either way
Debatable
Posted on 6/25/25 at 11:11 am to ATrillionaire
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Debatable
It’s not debatable at all. Worst case you end up in the same situation as if you took loans, best case, you’re educated for free.
Posted on 6/25/25 at 11:16 am to Mingo Was His NameO
quote:The Louisiana conservative in a nutshell.
Yeah, I would have done the same thing either way. I know what I did, the program was available to me so I took it, that doesn’t mean it’s a good program. Pretty simple
Posted on 6/25/25 at 11:17 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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take out student loans which a worse deal either way
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Worst case you end up in the same situation as if you took loans
Using your logic, how is a same situation a worse deal?
My logic:
Always a chance to get student loans forgiven, depending on occupation and politics. A LA abandoner who took TOPS with a stipulation to stay at home won't have that option.
This post was edited on 6/25/25 at 11:40 am
Posted on 6/25/25 at 11:18 am to White Bear
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The Louisiana conservative in a nutshell.
I’m not ignorant to the fact that it’s not fair, but life isn’t fair. I didn’t choose to create the program and I’d in fact have been against it when it was proposed.
But I’m also not above admitting I’ll take bullshite advantages given to me like most people
Posted on 6/25/25 at 11:18 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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Yeah, I would have done the same thing either way. I know what I did, the program was available to me so I took it, that doesn’t mean it’s a good program. Pretty simple
Cool. So I’d expect your reimbursement check to the state of Louisiana once that new policy was in place.
Posted on 6/25/25 at 11:24 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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A $50k investment by the state pays back by multiples over the life of a white collar worker living in the state.
You need a white collar role for that worker to fill. That $50k would be better spent training a swarm of HVAC techs, amirite?
Posted on 6/25/25 at 11:24 am to DrrTiger
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Cool. So I’d expect your reimbursement check to the state of Louisiana once that new policy was in place.
If those were the rules (and I think they should be) of course
Posted on 6/25/25 at 11:29 am to DrrTiger
Would have been nice to do this five years ago so we could have used it.
Posted on 6/25/25 at 11:46 am to NfamousPanda
I didn’t realize it was per year
Posted on 6/25/25 at 11:50 am to Mingo Was His NameO
“I took advantage of a system that I don’t approve of and now want it taken away so my tax dollars don’t have to support it”
No, I stand by it
No, I stand by it
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