I never went to college, went straight to work at 17 when I graduated HS. I’ve never had money. Most time we barely make it. I even laugh at the poor folks who, after 20 yrs , still have better cars than me and my wife. Better toys. And actually go on these things called vacations. But, I built my own home, cause that’s what I do. I learned how to budget my money. Otherwise I’d be on the street. I told my kids of you ever want to go to college, you’ll have to find a way...I can’t even afford a “newer” car payment.

My son however spent 4 yrs in high school, trying to be the best trombone/baritone player he could be to get a scholarship to go to college for music. And succeeded. Then had to keep a high gpa to keep that scholarship, with two majors, and made the deans list all 4 yrs. He worked his but off for 8 yrs, and still ended up 20k in debt after it was all said and done. Even with state aid. I tried to help financially all I could. I bought him a gas saver before he set off to college. Nothing to much. It was a 12 yr old Prius. Like 8k. It took half of all my savings to buy it. It was the best I could do.

And now I hear that his debt could be wiped clean. I know it doesn’t make sense, esp with the way inflation is currently. And of course all the wasted billions going over seas. But I’m thankful. I hope his debt gets wiped clean. He’s earned it. The same goes for my nephew. Very similar story. He’s worked his butt off for 8-9 yrs, and is about 30k in debt after scholarship and state aid. I remember Trump talking about this a few yrs ago. In America, the most successful country in the world. We shouldn’t even have to pay to go to college. We should t have to pay for a lot of things. Being number one should have perks. But instead we shackle ourselves, and esp our college bound youth immediately upon graduation. And we’re happy about that? I say AWESOME to any young person, like my son and nephew who gets this debt cleared. You’ve earned it.

Now, I know debt never gets cleared. Somebody has to pay. Be upset about that. Be upset about sending endless money to our enemies. But I’m not about to harp on young folks who worked their tails off to get a break. Good for them. We shouldn’t be paying for education anyways.

Edit. Notice my save smashed all my text together. Don’t know why it does that.

I never went to college, went straight to work at 17 when I graduated HS. I’ve never had money. Most time we barely make not. I even laugh at the poor folks who, after 20 yrs , still have better cars than me and my wife. Better toys. And actually go on these things called vacations. But, I built my own home, cause that’s what I do. I learned how to budget my money. Otherwise I’d be on the street. I told my kids of you ever want to go to college, you’ll have to find a way...I can’t even afford a “newer” car payment. My son however spent 4 yrs in high school, trying to be the best trombone/baritone player he could be to get a scholarship to go to college for music. And succeeded. Then had to keep a high gpa to keep that scholarship, with two majors, and made the deans list all 4 yrs. He worked his but off for 8 yrs, and still ended up 20k in debt after it was all said and done. Even with state aid. I tried to help financially all I could. I bought him a gas saver before he set off to college. Nothing to much. It was a 12 yr old Prius. Like 8k. It took half of all my savings to buy it. It was the best I could do. And now I hear that his debt could be wiped clean. I know it doesn’t make sense, esp with the way inflation is currently. And of course all the wasted billions going over seas. But I’m thankful. I hope his debt gets wiped clean. He’s earned it. The same goes for my nephew. Very similar story. He’s worked his butt off for 8-9 yrs, and is about 30k in debt after scholarship and state aid. I remember Trump talking about this a few yrs ago. In America, the most successful country in the world. We shouldn’t even have to pay to go to college. We should t have to pay for a lot of things. Being number one should have perks. But instead we shackle ourselves, and esp our college bound youth immediately upon graduation. And we’re happy about that? I say AWESOME to any young person, like my son and nephew who gets this debt cleared. You’ve earned it.

Now, I know debt never gets cleared. Somebody has to pay. Be upset about that. Be upset about sending endless money to our enemies. But I’m not about to harp on young folks who worked their tails off to get a break. Good for them. We shouldn’t be paying for education anyways.