Some civilized countries actually consider higher education an investment in society as a whole. Their governments assure students have affordable choices whether they go to vocational schools or top colleges based on aptitude. They repay that government investment by building personal wealth from graduation onward, generating more taxes, and creating educated plumbers, doctors, entrepreneurs, etc. Here students get saddled with crushing debt at the beginning of their careers. Scrambling to work anywhere, delaying buying homes, and starting families, to keep paying off that endless black hole. All the while watching conservatives jeer “I’ve got mine, screw you!” Or scoffing at debt forgiveness when many conservative businesses were delighted to help themselves to forgiven Covid loans.
Some civilized countries actually consider higher education an investment in society as a whole. Their governments assure students have affordable choices whether they go to vocational schools or top colleges based on aptitude. They repay that government investment by building personal wealth from graduation onward, generating more taxes, and creating educated plumbers, doctors, entrepreneurs, etc. Here students get saddled with crushing debt at the beginning of their careers. Scrambling to work anywhere, delaying buying homes, and starting families, to keep paying off that endless black hole. All the while watching conservatives jeer “I’ve got mine, screw you!” Or scoffing at debt forgiveness when many conservative businesses were delighted to help themselves to forgiven Covid loans.