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Evidently, college doesn't automatically make you smart

by EasTexSteve

Mar 1, 2017

According to a survey of 500 current college students conducted by LendEDU, a private firm that connects students and their families with student loans and loan refinancing, 49.8 percent believe they would be able to receive federal forgiveness on their student loans after graduation.

With maybe 14 percent of the American workforce in a public service job, the actual numbers of those who may qualify for student loan forgiveness or discharge is maybe below 10 percent.

nypost.com/2017/02/25/half-of-college-students-think-their- loans-will-be-forgiven/

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Tim Finnegan On 3/01/17, EasTexSteve wrote: > On 3/01/17, long-time lurker wrote: >> Most students take out student loans before they receive a >> college education. The US has a poor history of teaching >> consumer education and finances over several generations. >> It's not that these students failed the final. They never >> t...See More

Mar 1, 2017

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T.E.C. - Iowa The rejection of tuition free college is just another
example of how both the Republicans and the DNC Democrats
are out of touch with what Americans want. Well, not out
of touch! What these two groups are really doing is
serving their corporate masters. You know, the people who
have bought and now own this country!

If you g...See More

Mar 2, 2017

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Cha Cha On 3/01/17, long-time lurker wrote: > Most students take out student loans before they receive a > college education. The US has a poor history of teaching > consumer education and finances over several generations. > It's not that these students failed the final. They never > took the class. > > -ltl

Oh, come on, I l...See More

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long-time lurker On 3/02/17, Cha Cha wrote: > On 3/01/17, long-time lurker wrote: >> Most students take out student loans before they receive a >> college education. The US has a poor history of teaching >> consumer education and finances over several generations. >> It's not that these students failed the final. They never >> took ...See More

Mar 2, 2017

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T.E.C. - Iowa I really do ponder the condemning of this or that group for their lack of frugality. Just why is anyone surprised by people's lack of “consumer education”, when we are running an economy that depends on people being persuaded to make stupid purchases. That is what a consumer economy is all about!

Seriously, businesses have spent the be...See MoreI really do ponder the condemning of this or that group for their lack of frugality. Just why is anyone surprised by people's lack of “consumer education”, when we are running an economy that depends on people being persuaded to make stupid purchases. That is what a consumer economy is all about!

Seriously, businesses have spent the better part of a century learning how to make people think that a luxury is a necessity. And today, the business world creates foolish consumers with a truckload of psychological techniques that are directly from the world of Sigmund Freud.

As much as advertising tells us that their products can make our life easier, it seems each generation is also a victim. The WWII generation was the victim of the tobacco industry. The Millennials – as children - were the victims of the sugar industry with its diabetes, obesity, and more.

However, IMHO, it was the boomers who were the first big-time victims of the maturation of advertising and propaganda. I am referring to the ideas put forth by Edward Bernays. This work started in the early 1900s, and received a major push with the propaganda of WWII. This matured the psychology of advertising just in time to destroy the humanity of the boomers. Thus we have those who insist that food stamp (SNAP) cuts are needed even when children are going hungry. They insist that you should not receive health care if you cannot pay for it.

But more, boomer poverty runs between 4&37; and 8&37;. The Millennial poverty rate is around 25&37;. Just what kind of a nation does this to their children!!!!!

Again IMHO, America's greatness was originally derived from a religious ethic that all humans – American or not – are important and should be helped when needed. Now we live in an economy in which businesses do not even believe in win-win deals – and the health insurance industry is a great example.

When you create such an economy, you should not be surprised by foolish consumers. You should not be surprise by an American foreign policy dominated by the use of force. Heck, we no longer care for our fellow Americans – much less foreigners. You should not be surprise by a government that will sell out the American people to the highest bidder. After all, in today's America, admiration is given to those who accumulate the greatest wealth.

All of this would be something you would expect from the current Neoliberal capitalism operating in this country. It is strange how so many believe there is nothing better than Neoliberal capitalism, yet they abhor the world it creates.

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