Originally Posted by PR_Tom (Post 19160144)

Just stop production of a few bombers and stop giving money to the most profitable and rich corporations the earth has ever known and oh by the way how about everyone pay a fair tax from rich to poor?

Originally Posted by pornmasta (Post 19160185)

no no, no
you need educated people to produce cheap bombers ;)

Originally Posted by baddog (Post 19159605)

Sorry, but we can not afford to continue with some programs. Apparently, that is what Romney understands that Obama does not.

Originally Posted by pornguy (Post 19160175)

My ex wife had a Pell grant even though her parents had a combined imcome of more than 300k a year.

Her sister on the other hand went to school totally for free from scholar ships she found in some amazing places.

Originally Posted by DWB (Post 19159659)

I didn't get hand outs. Sorry about their luck. Welcome to life.



QFT

Originally Posted by PR_Tom (Post 19160176)

They always want to cut social programs that help the poor rather than end unneeded tax cuts and government subsidies. It's their way to rile up the low brows of their base.

Originally Posted by L-Pink (Post 19159603)

Why give away my tax money? Let the students take out loans like everyone else.

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Originally Posted by _Richard_ (Post 19159715)

if tuition prices have been going up, and the jobs are there but the skills aren't, wouldn't it make sense to simply trying to lower the cost of tuition prices?

frankly, increasing the cost of education isn't going to save the USA and in extension the western world

decreasing it would, and it be something the rest of the world would refer to as an 'investment'

Originally Posted by MaDalton (Post 19160041)

education should not cost money for those who receive it - it's an investment of a society into its own future

(sorry for my socialist outbreak here)

Originally Posted by Vendzilla (Post 19160244)

I agree with you that education shouldn't cost anything, but do we really need more lawyers?

Originally Posted by GrantMercury (Post 19160236)

You're kidding, right.

1. It's not "given" it's loaned.

Originally Posted by Vendzilla (Post 19160244)

I agree with you that education shouldn't cost anything, but do we really need more lawyers?

Originally Posted by mynameisjim (Post 19159829)

There is one difference I've noticed between the two parties.

It's that liberals do at times vote for things which will not benefit them personally, they do it for the common good. Conservatives NEVER vote for anything that won't benefit them personally. That's why the whole concept of "trickle down" is so appealing to conservatives. Basically it says, make me happy and maybe things will work out for you, if it doesn't work out for you, at least I'm still happy and my advantage over you is probably even greater now.

It's the same way conservatives feel that the best way to get rich people to do the right thing is by giving them every tax break and opportunity they want and removing every regulation. On the other hand, they think the only way to get poor people to do the right thing is to take everything from them and putting stipulations on everything, then maybe they will realize they don't want to be poor anymore, as if it were a choice. Do you see how they treat rich humans and poor humans as two totally separate creatures? One needs to be nurtured and coddled, the other needs "tough love" and to be punished in order to yield the same result.

I'm not saying liberals always make the right choice, but they do at least sometimes vote outside their personal interest because they feel it's the right thing to do. Conservatives never do that, at least not anymore.

BTW, there is NOTHING wrong with voting for your own interests above all else, that's totally fine. But don't pretend it's for the good of the country or make up some rationalization that you are helping others but they just don't realize it yet. That's what the Ryan budget is, it fucks over a lot of people just to help a few who need no help at all.

Originally Posted by woj (Post 19160156)

They try to achieve "common good" by different means...

Democrats want to achieve it by taxing successful people more and then using that $$ to provide benefits to less successful people...

Republicans on the other hand tend to support policies that benefit the entire economy...

like for instance, the proposal that OP brought up, clearly if implemented this policy will benefit everyone, $200B will be saved which will have positive impact on the entire economy...

one may counter that 1 million people less will get education, which seems like a negative effect, but is that really true? 1 million different people will probably get education instead, or those 1 million may instead choose to finance their education using different means...

so overall likely same number of people will get educated and we will all save $200B.. :2 cents:

Originally Posted by GregE (Post 19160280)

Well, you got a point there :winkwink:

Maybe Pell Grants for everything except law school?

All kidding aside, a college degree is the new high school diploma.

Back when the government first mandated grades 1-12 public education, that's all most people needed to make a decent living.

That's clearly not the case anymore and the government would do well for the country as a whole to act accordingly.

Originally Posted by Vendzilla (Post 19160244)

I agree with you that education shouldn't cost anything, but do we really need more lawyers?

Originally Posted by MaDalton (Post 19160247)

supply and demand

Originally Posted by GregE (Post 19160305)

The problem with that argument is that lawyers have a tendency to become lawmakers whereupon they pass new laws which ensure an ever increasing demand for the services of their colleagues.

Kinda like dentists handing out free candy bars in the schoolyard.

Originally Posted by baddog (Post 19160334)

FYI: There are plenty of quality community colleges that are cheap enough you do not lead a government loan. If higher education is that important, get good grades, get a scholarship. There are lots of scholarships available through the private sector as well.

Originally Posted by Relentless (Post 19160329)

What's really awesome, is that while we are trying to kill low priced higher education, we are simultaneously trying to kill trade unions. So, soon, if all goes as planned, teenagers won't be able to afford college and won't be able to apply for positions that include a real apprenticeship program. That way they can live with their parents until they are 30+ and bleed their family for cash. So, the middle class family with kids now gets the highest tax rate, the cost of supporting unemployable offspring and or the cost of 40K per year university bills while their children are enslaved by student debt that can not be discharged via bankruptcy and can not be paid back by underemployed grads for decades.

It's a really awesome system! For what exactly... I'm not quite sure.

Originally Posted by DamageX (Post 19160115)

And that's just about as realistic as true communism. :)

Originally Posted by PR_Tom (Post 19160144)

Just stop production of a few bombers and stop giving money to the most profitable and rich corporations the earth has ever known and oh by the way how about everyone pay a fair tax from rich to poor?

Originally Posted by GrantMercury (Post 19160225)

I think you're just jealous and resentful.

Originally Posted by GrantMercury (Post 19160225)

A student loan is NOT a "hand out". It's a hand up! They must be repaid (and they WILL BE - there is no getting outta paying).

Originally Posted by GrantMercury (Post 19160225)

Jesus FUCKING Christ! This country is fucking doomed. When the people think eliminating access to higher education for the average person is a bad idea that's pretty much the end of the road. Higher education only for the Mitts of the world? "That's life"?

Originally Posted by GregE (Post 19160346)

There are those who will tell you that for America to survive in the global economy, wages and living standards here need to be pushed down almost to third world levels.

Originally Posted by baddog (Post 19160334)

FYI: There are plenty of quality community colleges that are cheap enough you do not lead a government loan. If higher education is that important, get good grades, get a scholarship. There are lots of scholarships available through the private sector as well.

Originally Posted by DWB (Post 19160382)

Whatever gets the job done. :upsidedow



:2 cents:



Of what, your awesome God given American freedom? :1orglaugh




We are talking about Grants. Grants do not have to be paid back.

Perhaps if you went to college you would know the difference between a "grant" and a "loan." Just sayin. :winkwink:



Nothing wrong with the "average person" having their education paid for by the government so long as they have the grades to justify it. But the days of slackers getting a free pass are over. If you don't measure up, sorry about your luck. You should have tried harder.

The rest of the world is whipping America's ass now. That should be enough to tell you that the current educational system isn't working. So drastically change it or keep putting your heads in the sand while you chant, "we're #1!" Doesn't matter to me either way. My kids won't be going to American schools.

Originally Posted by DWB (Post 19160386)

The game changed. American must now adapt or die. Just using basic common sense, why would you hire Americans when you could hire Chinese or Indians (or people from many nations) for a fraction of the cost, and there is a good chance they will be better educated?

After the USA finally balances out due to whatever happens in the future, Americans are generally going to have to take serious pay cuts if they want to even have a chance of jobs returning. No way around it. There are more Chinese in college than there are people in the entire American work force. And that's just China. Wrap your head around that. The future of the USA is going to be drastically different than anything any of us know. You can count on that.

Originally Posted by IllTestYourGirls (Post 19160243)

And having the government subsidize it makes costs go up :2 cents:

Originally Posted by tony286 (Post 19160423)

In GA an assoc at a state school is about 20k and a bachelors is about 60k. Thats a avg state school not going to GA tech.

Originally Posted by baddog (Post 19160627)

So, why is it costing $200b for 1 million students? That is $200k

Originally Posted by baddog (Post 19160627)

So, why is it costing $200b for 1 million students? That is $200k

Originally Posted by TheSquealer (Post 19160838)

Why the fuck would you want to give free education to people in the US when the educational system and standards AND expectations of students are so far below other developed nations? That's like giving away free weight loss pills at McDonalds

Originally Posted by Brujah (Post 19160849)

Throw out the baby with the bathwater? Higher education should be free. The U.S. doesn't need its future to be filled with even less educated people. It isn't an either/or answer. We need to improve performance along with making it easier to gain an education.

Originally Posted by baddog (Post 19160335)

Is my math right?

$200B / 1M = $200,000 per student?

Originally Posted by TheSquealer (Post 19160879)

Highly unrealistic to attempt to correlate economic and financial success with higher education.

Originally Posted by Paul Markham (Post 19160299)

Only certain degrees and courses should be subject to grants.

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Originally Posted by slapass (Post 19161142)

I brought this up earlier. Maybe we should kill it because it is so inefficient.

Originally Posted by L-Pink (Post 19159603)

Why give away my tax money? Let the students take out loans like everyone else.

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Originally Posted by baddog (Post 19161183)

If 5.5k is the most you can get there is some huge bloatedness going on. Dump it.