1.Sometimes it’s appropriate to look a gift horse in the mouth.
To put it another way, there’s an awful lot of truth in the saying ‘If it looks too good to be true….it isn’t.
Nowhere is that more correct than the utopian promises of the Left.
2. One of those seemingly wonderful promises is free college tuition.
“…Democrats this week are expected to unveil a sweeping plan to make college more affordable by reducing debt and simplifying financial aid. The Democrats’ plan would also endeavor to boost graduation rates.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/debt-free-college-house-democrats-introduce-higher-education-bill/2018/07/23/4930eec4-8ecd-11e8-8322-b5482bf5e0f5_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.6169b179a0c4
Whether the promise is based on how good it is for the country to have a college-educated electorate, or how wonderful for your personal happiness and successes, neither is true.
Here’s another fact of life: there is no such thing as a free lunch….or free college education.
3. It is not an educated electorate that is a benefit for society, it is a moral electorate. Almost every dictator, tyrant, and genocidal leader has been ‘highly educated.’
Free college has two main benefits to the Left: it supports their colleagues/apparatchiks, and it produces Leftist clones.
4. Someone has to pay for that ‘free’ education, but the fact is that there are a number of ways to get a college education without a government loan or handout.
5. “It’s 2018 and Americans are more burdened by student loan debt than ever. In fact, the average student loan debt for Class of 2017 graduates was $39,400*, up six percent from the previous year.
… over $1.48 trillion in student loan debt, spread out among about 44 million borrowers. That’s about $620 billion more than the total U.S. credit card debt.” U.S. Student Loan Debt Statistics for 2018 | Student Loan Hero
Here’s the bottom line: the Left wasnt you going to college….and not for your benefit.
Next post.
To put it another way, there’s an awful lot of truth in the saying ‘If it looks too good to be true….it isn’t.
Nowhere is that more correct than the utopian promises of the Left.
2. One of those seemingly wonderful promises is free college tuition.
“…Democrats this week are expected to unveil a sweeping plan to make college more affordable by reducing debt and simplifying financial aid. The Democrats’ plan would also endeavor to boost graduation rates.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/debt-free-college-house-democrats-introduce-higher-education-bill/2018/07/23/4930eec4-8ecd-11e8-8322-b5482bf5e0f5_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.6169b179a0c4
Whether the promise is based on how good it is for the country to have a college-educated electorate, or how wonderful for your personal happiness and successes, neither is true.
Here’s another fact of life: there is no such thing as a free lunch….or free college education.
3. It is not an educated electorate that is a benefit for society, it is a moral electorate. Almost every dictator, tyrant, and genocidal leader has been ‘highly educated.’
Free college has two main benefits to the Left: it supports their colleagues/apparatchiks, and it produces Leftist clones.
4. Someone has to pay for that ‘free’ education, but the fact is that there are a number of ways to get a college education without a government loan or handout.
- Work Study Programs
- Work your way through
- Work at a job where your major will be paid by the job
- Night school
- Community College, then transfer
- ROTC will pay your tuition
- Take eight years….ever hear of anyone asking ‘how long did you spend getting the degree?’
- Scholarship
5. “It’s 2018 and Americans are more burdened by student loan debt than ever. In fact, the average student loan debt for Class of 2017 graduates was $39,400*, up six percent from the previous year.
… over $1.48 trillion in student loan debt, spread out among about 44 million borrowers. That’s about $620 billion more than the total U.S. credit card debt.” U.S. Student Loan Debt Statistics for 2018 | Student Loan Hero
Here’s the bottom line: the Left wasnt you going to college….and not for your benefit.
Next post.