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b_m_b_m_b_m

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  1. And it is something that the cop put in their mobile app name, because the Starbucks POS system has a filter for slurs and swears and stuff like that
  2. Y'all are probably going to play Michigan in a bowl again, or at least that's the joke on r/cfb
  3. Also of note, in beating Michigan, Ohio State has passed Michigan for the second place in all time winning % (behind Boise) Also the most petty of unsportsmanlike penalties I've ever seen was when they untied and removed JK Dobbins shoe in the pile. I love it. Like seriously what the fuck
  4. Even where it is legally fine, the problem is the people who come up and ask if you can not, there are families present, or just stare disapprovingly.
  5. Your posts are the reason I fully support a student loan debt jubilee (even if that isn't what you may have intended), but I really like this plan
  6. We already have a means tested program--its called progressive tax rates and they work really well. There is a lot of room to cut costs in universities though. Why does each one need a police department? Why do we spend more on non teaching staff than teaching staff? Why do we continue to rely on employer provided health insurance, which includes universities? How can universities continue to raise tuition higher and higher? (Actually not an issue in Ohio where the board of regents cap the tuition increases quite low)
  7. Also it should not be lost on anyone that black borrowers are more likely to borrow, they will borrow more than whites from similar income and wealth backgrounds, among other issues
  8. Imagine thinking that those with student loan debt aren't middle or working class, or come from middle or working class families. Seriously, who do you think has to take out student loans? The fact of the matter is student loan debt is a deliberate policy decision. The ballooning cost of higher education being brunt by those getting an education is a result of several deliberate policy decisions (unlimited loans, unfunded mandates, and decreased state spending on higher education being the primary drivers). The interest rate being paid by borrowers is set by legislation. The nondischargable nature of student loans in bankruptcy is also a deliberate policy. Capping the student loan interest deduction is a legislative choice. Having a byzantine regime of loan repayment servicing companies is a policy decision. Making loan forgiveness (for, say, public service) contingent on a broken administrative state is another decision. At an even bigger level, we've created an economy where in the medium to long term going to college pays off on average compared those with an associate's degree or less, no matter the bachelor's degree concentration (especially when you consider the drop in real incomes of these groups of those without higher education). In the short term, those with student debt delay or don't start businesses, buy homes, get married and have families, and have other goodies, like reduced wealth. This hurts the entire economy, and further advantages those who come from means and finish college with no debt. To say nothing of those who are unable to finish college for a myriad of reasons and end up worse than those who never went to college at all!
  9. Trump wants to campaign with convicted war criminals, but Bernie and Liz wanting to soak the rich and expand social spending. Hm to be undecided in this election, even with the most Lefty candidates, truly makes you a complete and total idiot
  10. Hi 160 billion times ten equals.......... (In case you haven't noticed everything is framed in ten year dollar amounts to scare people)
  11. I have an idea. Let's end the forever wars (~$70 billion annually) and cut the defense budget 15% (~$90 billion annually) to pay for student loan forgiveness
  12. If you didn't go to college because you wanted to about debt that's fine, and you should now be able to do so. And also those people who did go and went into debt should be released from it. You can't wind the clock back but you can move forward.
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