scrape off the top 1/5th that is the large loans... the loans that get you into GOOD colleges with GOOD chance of making enough money to pay that back... and youre left with 10 million people who owe $20k and they likely wont make more than $15/hr. which means it they will pay off their loans in about 20 years.

Most college graduates start at more than $15 an hour unless you really chose a major that has no jobs.

He's really going to tax 529 plans?

i came to this conclusion in 2008. bought a fixer upper, worked my ASS off for YEARS (no going out at night, just work at work then work at home. for YEARS), and when I was done the house was not worth a single penny more than what i paid for it in the first place.

that term "youll never lose on a house. it always appreciates in value" is an absolute crock of shit and i hate all the righteous college educated blowhards that told me that. i should have never listened, i would have been FAR FAR FAR better off just renting.

I thought many of them dont start at all? (bad job market)

I thought many of them dont start at all? (bad job market)

I know it won't fly but 1-2 years of mandatory service in the armed forces would do this country a lot of good. It would eliminate the assumed patriotic superiority but also give everyone a better perspective on this country. Come back mature and much more ready to make life decisions

It really depends what you went into. If you did art or history or journalism you may be underemployed or unemployed but that is just because there aren't enough jobs for how many people go into it.

The job market isn't great but it isn't terrible. If you get a college degree and you never find a job making more than $15 an hour you really messed up.

I know it won't fly but 1-2 years of mandatory service in the armed forces would do this country a lot of good. It would eliminate the assumed patriotic superiority but also give everyone a better perspective on this country. Come back mature and much more ready to make life decisions

Oh well, never is a different story. You said "to start" Im thinking of all the kids who couldnt find jobs in their fields and started painting houses or some other sad career

i think hitler shared the same viewpoint

our government, and especially our military, wants nothing to do with mandatory service. they realized how much worse it makes things in vietnam. we will be staying all volunteer for the foreseeable future (until we forget what happened in vietnam).