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Old 08-25-2022, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by JMintzer View Post
Back in your day, college was much cheaper in comparison. You couls actually work part time and Summers and pay for college...

Today, you could work full time @ $10.00/hr and not make enough for 1 year's tuition and board at an "affordable" State School...

Now, that does not mean I'm in favor of this loan forgiveness. You took the loan, you should pay it back... But they could lower the interest rates and extend the payment plan time to make it more affordable.

I won't even get into the skyrocketing costs of tuition... That's another topic for another day...
Don't know where you worked your way thru college - but in 1966 when I attended college and worked my part-time job at Bamberger's Dept Store the min wage was $1.96/hr which equals out to close to $11/hr today.

As you say - discussing abusive tuition costs are for another day.
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