Agreed, Beth. Linked below is an interesting article from this morning's Atlantic by Adam Harris.
"...the underling issue of college affordability can be addressed only if America once again views higher education as a public good. Belatedly canceling some student debt is what a country does when it refuses to support students upfront…
Agreed, Beth. Linked below is an interesting article from this morning's Atlantic by Adam Harris.
"...the underling issue of college affordability can be addressed only if America once again views higher education as a public good. Belatedly canceling some student debt is what a country does when it refuses to support students upfront."
Most of the screams of outrage about this are from people who don't like it because it does not confer any benefit to them personally. IMO, an educated populace supports the common good, and in that way, it IS of benefit to everyone. Unlike every other developed country in the world, we don't believe that it benefits us to have systems like universal health care so people with chronic illnesses can continue to participate in the economy rather than declare bankruptcy because of huge medical bills, or have support for public universities to train the next generation of people who will make new medical discoveries, create and run businesses and engineer bridges and airplanes. It's all "me,me, me, and right now."
Agreed, Beth. Linked below is an interesting article from this morning's Atlantic by Adam Harris.
"...the underling issue of college affordability can be addressed only if America once again views higher education as a public good. Belatedly canceling some student debt is what a country does when it refuses to support students upfront."
Most of the screams of outrage about this are from people who don't like it because it does not confer any benefit to them personally. IMO, an educated populace supports the common good, and in that way, it IS of benefit to everyone. Unlike every other developed country in the world, we don't believe that it benefits us to have systems like universal health care so people with chronic illnesses can continue to participate in the economy rather than declare bankruptcy because of huge medical bills, or have support for public universities to train the next generation of people who will make new medical discoveries, create and run businesses and engineer bridges and airplanes. It's all "me,me, me, and right now."
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/08/student-debt-relief-biden-loan-forgiveness/671223/