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re: Why don't republicans focus on making college and health care cheaper for everyone
Posted on 6/30/23 at 2:11 pm to Smeg
Posted on 6/30/23 at 2:11 pm to Smeg
quote:I have no problem with private hospitals or colleges charging what they want, but public ones that are funded with public money shouldn't bankrupt regular people of the public
Who are you to set prices for someone else? You don't think someone should have the right to operate a high end school?
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Posted on 6/30/23 at 2:11 pm to bobBoxer
College becomes cheaper as soon as the government gets out of the loan business.
Healthcare gets cheaper when the government butts out and it will get massively cheaper if we go to a cash system, which I have a plan for.
Healthcare gets cheaper when the government butts out and it will get massively cheaper if we go to a cash system, which I have a plan for.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 2:12 pm to the808bass
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Outlaw government-backed student loans and school would get cheaper overnight. I suspect that isn’t what you had in mind.
and get rid of Obamacare and other regulations on health insurance and boom, cost would have to adjust to what people could pay (which would be a lot less). But, beware mischief that deflation could bring.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 2:12 pm to the808bass
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Outlaw government-backed student loans and school would get cheaper overnight.
Absolutely.
Outlaw DEI and other diversity programs and positions and watch it drop even further.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 2:19 pm to Smeg
quote:colleges are places where qualified citizens can be educated, hospitals are places where all citizens receive healthcare, the private ones can do whatever they want to do, but the ones that aren't private are not businesses and should not be ran as such
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colleges and hospitals aren't businesses
Posted on 6/30/23 at 2:21 pm to ShinerHorns
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Free market forces dictate a fair price.
When the government is the biggest source of funds for both medicine and education, it won't be a free market and it won't be cheap.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 2:25 pm to bobBoxer
Why won't the left get rid of the layers and layers of bureaucracy and perverse incentives endemic to higher ed?
Posted on 6/30/23 at 2:28 pm to bobBoxer
Get rid of the government backed student loan and the cost of college will decline rapidly.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 2:30 pm to bobBoxer
The rising costs of tuition are due to the Democrats getting govt involved in student loans. When student loans were in the private sector the tuition rates were much lower. The colleges saw the huge inflow of cash from govt loans and simply raised their prices to get more of it.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 2:33 pm to bobBoxer
Someone said to make the universities cosigners on all student loans.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 2:36 pm to bobBoxer
Congress can help….
get the government out of the student loan business
Other limits:
limit borrow amount to repay ability within 10 years for undergrad based on degree average salary.
GPA limits/stand used testing requirements
Cut the cash cow to universities (read as unlimited student loan borrowing ability) and they will have to drop costs.
get the government out of the student loan business
Other limits:
limit borrow amount to repay ability within 10 years for undergrad based on degree average salary.
GPA limits/stand used testing requirements
Cut the cash cow to universities (read as unlimited student loan borrowing ability) and they will have to drop costs.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 2:37 pm to bobBoxer
we need tradesmen. not everyone should go to college.
cant fix a busted pipe with a degree in gender studies.
cant fix a busted pipe with a degree in gender studies.
This post was edited on 6/30/23 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 6/30/23 at 2:38 pm to bobBoxer
Because republicans are too busy being reactionary to the left’s bad ideas to have any good ideas of their own. The republican party will continue to be useless until they start having an actual vision of radical change from the status quo rather than merely defending a broken system against attempts to break it further.
The status quo doesn’t work for most people, but the GOP doesn’t have the vision or conviction to push for meaningful change, only to stand against the bad changes the democrats want. Democrats win because even though their ideas are stupid and harmful, they recognize that there’s a problem, connect with people, and propose policy solutions to those problems. Granted, leftish solutions tend to just make problems worse, but they give the appearance that they’re at least trying. By comparison, republicans look like they’re going to bad for the broken status-quo.
The status quo doesn’t work for most people, but the GOP doesn’t have the vision or conviction to push for meaningful change, only to stand against the bad changes the democrats want. Democrats win because even though their ideas are stupid and harmful, they recognize that there’s a problem, connect with people, and propose policy solutions to those problems. Granted, leftish solutions tend to just make problems worse, but they give the appearance that they’re at least trying. By comparison, republicans look like they’re going to bad for the broken status-quo.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 2:39 pm to Zach
quote:
The rising costs of tuition are due to the Democrats getting govt involved in student loans. When student loans were in the private sector the tuition rates were much lower. The colleges saw the huge inflow of cash from govt loans and simply raised their prices to get more of it.
This is a good post.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 2:40 pm to bobBoxer
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Instead of free, why not focus on lowering the cost.
It used to be cheap.
If you eliminated federal subsidies, it would be cheap again.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 2:41 pm to bobBoxer
Let's start by removing all involvement the federal government has in both industries and give it a few years to see what shakes out.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 2:43 pm to faraway
quote:this is actually becoming clearer to me everyday
why can't you understand they are all bought and paid for by a corporatocracy.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 2:47 pm to bobBoxer
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No school should cost over 10 k a year for anyone,
The main reason why college is too high is because the government got involved in the first place. When they
took over the student loan process, colleges realized they could charge any amount and the federal government wouldn’t default.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 2:49 pm to bobBoxer
College would be a lot cheaper like it used to be if federal student loans weren't given out like credit cards to everyone and their brother. Its a real world example of inflation. When you print money from nothing (student loans), colleges will raise their rates. It really puts a strangle on the free market philosophy when money is being printed and handed to people who shouldn't be getting it.
Reign in lending, the tuition will come down, and the bloated administrations will wither away. Student loans are a scam unless they are limited to higher achieving students that major in careers that are needed, science and healthcare.
Reign in lending, the tuition will come down, and the bloated administrations will wither away. Student loans are a scam unless they are limited to higher achieving students that major in careers that are needed, science and healthcare.
This post was edited on 6/30/23 at 2:51 pm
Posted on 6/30/23 at 2:52 pm to the808bass
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Outlaw government-backed student loans and school would get cheaper overnight. I suspect that isn’t what you had in mind.
This is the answer.
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