Dave Ramsey: Student loan forgiveness is a scam

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  • @riod43
    @riod43 3 роки тому +989

    It's amazing how easy it is for a young adult to go into 300k in student loan debt but almost impossible to get a 30k loan to start a small buisness.

    • @dmack226
      @dmack226 3 роки тому +54

      Exactly....And the reason is that small business loans for start-ups aren’t guaranteed by the government. If they were, banks would be handing them out like candy.

    • @markferguson7563
      @markferguson7563 3 роки тому

      Rio, with regards to a loan for a small business: In April a pal of mine at the military base in Sierra Vista in Arz who is a black guy old me his daughter

    • @markferguson7563
      @markferguson7563 3 роки тому

      told me his daughter ( she's 24 and lives in Illinois) informed him that kind of up to $100k were in the pipeline for non-white people.
      Now we know where that was to come from. And that's part of the "social infrastructure bill".
      My pal said it just wasn't racist, but totally insane as the main Trump for the loan was color and not ability.

    • @joncharles6403
      @joncharles6403 3 роки тому +4

      It's what they want it's called control if you keep people poor or in debt you can control them why you think so many people on welfare it was only to help people so they said in the sixties they told black women true story if you leave the father we will pay your bills

    • @jimg2885
      @jimg2885 3 роки тому +9

      @@markferguson7563 that doesn't make sense..

  • @handsomebarber424
    @handsomebarber424 3 роки тому +441

    I got laughed at for dropping out of college and going to barber school , I just opened my second business , Man did I dodge a bullet

    • @kimberlygause
      @kimberlygause 3 роки тому +21

      YOU ARE VERY WISE. STAY WISE.

    • @JK-om1ry
      @JK-om1ry 3 роки тому +9

      Good for you.

    • @lisa-wr4wl
      @lisa-wr4wl 3 роки тому +5

      It is estimated that student loans in themselves quadruple the cost of education.

    • @eghslee
      @eghslee 3 роки тому +10

      Good on you mate. I went to one of the ‘best’ public university on earth UC Berkeley(public school indoctrination). Biggest regret of my life.

    • @sebastianliu2009
      @sebastianliu2009 3 роки тому +9

      Everybody needs a good barber. I go to my barber once a week and I pay $26 every saturday. I tried to cut hair in the Navy and cut my buddy and gave him a bowl cut. Never again!! LOL HAHAHAH Congrats bro!! Good choice!! My other buddy dropped out of CSU Fullerton and now he's selling legal marijuana and he's making over $500K

  • @walterlacy5970
    @walterlacy5970 3 роки тому +422

    I have a 19 yr old grandson who will graduate from a 2 year trade school in December as a qualified pipe welder ( my craft for 50 years ). He worked and paid as he went to school. He is debt free, and has a trade he can make over $100,000 a year with. Not bad for 19 years of age.

    • @incognitojuggernaut4411
      @incognitojuggernaut4411 3 роки тому +2

      what about respect? Will he get a Girl friend though? hahaha

    • @paulmasterson386
      @paulmasterson386 3 роки тому +74

      @@incognitojuggernaut4411 if he’s solvent he’ll get mor respect than a graduate barista with huge debts

    • @juliorobinson5386
      @juliorobinson5386 3 роки тому +29

      Lucky him there’s many of us who are 23 years old with no mom and dad or any family because we ended up in foster care at a young age who have no support system like this I truly want to wish you well and your family stories like this is what I believe in in the world

    • @dlane7539
      @dlane7539 3 роки тому +22

      My brother went to trade school for HVAC. He now makes over $50 an hour working for state.

    • @dlane7539
      @dlane7539 3 роки тому +35

      @@incognitojuggernaut4411 So you're saying a SJW Degree is much more attractive than someone with a great paying job & no debt? Your backwards thinking is what is killing america.

  • @TheBohemianTraveler
    @TheBohemianTraveler 2 роки тому +41

    The reporter said her family helped her pay for college. Not everyone has that luxury.

    • @DanieGirl-tt9xc
      @DanieGirl-tt9xc 2 роки тому +1

      yes, having family that can help is a privilege many do not have. my parents had the ability to save for my college but decided not to. they also refused to sign my FAFSA so i had to jump through hoops to get college aid rolling. i ended up joining the military after 2 years of college. they paid the remaining 9k of my loans. i also understand that joining an organization that pays off loans is also a big privilege. my parents were pretty upset when i told them i signed up. but what choice did i really have?
      funny story: a church friend always bragged about working hard for everything they ever had. they were 100% against people receiving government aid BUT it was discovered that their parents gifted them 45k for their wedding!

    • @westhillswood51
      @westhillswood51 8 місяців тому +1

      Not everyone can run, jump, and shoot a basketball either. Some people are more intelligent than others, some are stronger, some can do puzzles, some ...
      Point is: suck it up and do what you can to make your way.

    • @HughButler-lb6zs
      @HughButler-lb6zs 7 місяців тому

      Nobody helped me pay for my education. I.paid for it myself by working and going to school. However the cost was 60's and 70's prices. $60.00 per semester hour. Used books, and living at home and commuting Even then I was hungry most of the time.

    • @earlymann1954
      @earlymann1954 7 місяців тому +1

      She's not a youngster, she went to college back when colleges were much more affordable than they are today.

    • @meggrotte4760
      @meggrotte4760 6 місяців тому

      They were affordable twenty years ago, either

  • @DaffyDuck007
    @DaffyDuck007 3 роки тому +151

    I was that kid that was lied to. Took out loans to get through college. Went to a public state college to keep it cheap. Majored in Comms/Marketing. The recession hit, and all entry level jobs now wanted 5 years experience or a Master's degree, so I got one of those too so I could be more "marketable." Geared my entire experience towards skills that employers claimed they were "desperate" for in employees- research, writing, public speaking, using new tech and data applications, and critical thinking.
    After jumping through all the hoops, employers made every excuse to not hire or pay a fair wage- I didn't have enough experience, I wanted too much money, I didn't speak Spanish, I wasn't "diverse" enough, I lived too far away, I don't use the company's proprietary software, etc.
    The government needs to get out of education, but employers also need to stop being lazy and hire capable graduates to train and pay properly rather than waiting for desperate journeymen to lowball. It's a vicious cycle.

    • @YogiOabsReborn
      @YogiOabsReborn 3 роки тому +7

      That my friend is a scam. Hope you find a good job

    • @valdavis7461
      @valdavis7461 3 роки тому +3

      You could go overseas and teach English. Thailand is a great place to live and work. The cost of living is very low and the standard is good. As for your loans, you don't have to pay them as long as you make less than $105,000 a year. You can claim the foreign income credit and forebear your loans every year.

    • @msr1116
      @msr1116 3 роки тому +5

      A few days ago I watched a sitcom episode from the mid 1970s in which a recent college grad said a bachelor's degree doesn't mean anything by itself anymore--he got into a Master's program through a fellowship to eventually secure..... an entry level position.

    • @ManSeekingChrist
      @ManSeekingChrist 3 роки тому +1

      @@valdavis7461 Interesting. So you still owe them but indefinitely forbear them. Do you have to work for a foreign company? What if you work for a US company remotely but live abroad?

    • @billybeemus3929
      @billybeemus3929 3 роки тому +3

      An employer is not going to "pay you properly" and train you too. It is one or the other. If you already have the skills, you will be paid properly. If you need to be trained to do the job, you will get entry level wages. As you already found out, a college degree alone is less than worthless (when you still have student loan debt).

  • @DavidRoetman
    @DavidRoetman 3 роки тому +364

    Dave Ramsey changed my life forever! Went from 110k student loan debt and it’s down to 20k following his plan. Looking to be debt free by 2022 let’s go!

    • @lisa-wr4wl
      @lisa-wr4wl 3 роки тому +3

      It is estimated that student loans in themselves quadruple the cost of education.

    • @kimberlyturner820
      @kimberlyturner820 3 роки тому +3

      That's fantastic! Way to go.
      I'm looking to be debt free by April 2022!

    • @iyanttahowellmd
      @iyanttahowellmd 3 роки тому +1

      Congratulations!!🌟🌟

    • @edy5082
      @edy5082 3 роки тому

      Congrats you got this!

    • @Daniel-wp8ki
      @Daniel-wp8ki 3 роки тому +11

      Lol David, meanwhile corporations avoid paying their million dollars debts by filing bankruptcy/changing their names and keep making millions.
      You got punked bro!
      Corporations socialize losses and privatize profits.

  • @ktoth29
    @ktoth29 3 роки тому +68

    My college told me that the average starting salary in my program was $65,000. What they didn't tell me is that it would take me 10 years to find a job.

    • @TheCmovius
      @TheCmovius 2 роки тому

      Geez, sorry :(

    • @FrankYammy
      @FrankYammy 2 роки тому

      What degree

    • @MrBrewman95
      @MrBrewman95 2 роки тому +2

      It also takes him 10 years to answer what his major is. 😂

  • @marlenehopkins1103
    @marlenehopkins1103 3 роки тому +776

    We should all become politicians who get paid to do nothing and managed to keep their jobs until they are almost 100 years old

    • @chriseasterling1769
      @chriseasterling1769 3 роки тому +35

      And all us of qualify to run the country now. Doesn't matter your back ground or experience.

    • @adoniscreed9667
      @adoniscreed9667 3 роки тому +4

      Safety net in an unguaranteed country. Good luck!

    • @Shadobanned4life
      @Shadobanned4life 3 роки тому +4

      Nice work if ya can get it !

    • @odawg2255
      @odawg2255 3 роки тому +1

      They already are hiring federal truck drivers through the public sector join the cia woke movement

    • @normandeline2339
      @normandeline2339 3 роки тому +14

      Facts.... I love seeing how these leaders 60-80 year's old vote on a Friday night/ Saturday morning at 3am.... lmao 🤣 🤣 mmmmhm... yeah... your telling me drunk Nancy is up at 2am??? I call bull 💩.... these politicians go from bartender to millionaire in months... insider trading, lobbiest etc.... it isn't right.... once in.... they realize. Working for the PEOPLE doesn't pay... then corruption sets in... term limits NEED TO HAPPEN.... Nancy and her husband have reaped rewards. .. an so many others on both sides..... big government and big tech are taking over the PEOPLE... AMERICA 🇺🇸 isn't what it was.... an our future.. needs to be addressed... or AMERICA 🇺🇸 won't be American much longer......

  • @jamesreed9970
    @jamesreed9970 3 роки тому +120

    The college experience is not an end-all cure-all for a successful financial future. But it is promoted as such; and this is the problem.

    • @consumerdebtchitchat
      @consumerdebtchitchat 3 роки тому

      Agree fully

    • @JM-gg8ko
      @JM-gg8ko 3 роки тому +1

      Agree. Only in this country where free tuition is in abundance. 1. GI Bill. 2. Pell Grant. 3. Tuition Reimbursement Program from so many private corporations. I didn't pay for college, my sibling, my cousin's, and now nephews and nieces. It's free and all of us are making six figures.

    • @brianholloway6205
      @brianholloway6205 3 роки тому

      This is the most sane comment I’ve seen on this post. Tackling how teenagers view themselves, identify what they want, aware of financial risks, it’s a whole package.

    • @francismarion6400
      @francismarion6400 3 роки тому

      High School teachers are pushing it.

  • @arachosia
    @arachosia 3 роки тому +62

    Even if all student loans were forgiven tomorrow, the system is still broken as long as the government subsidizes loans, so this problem will persist.

    • @Dunks-
      @Dunks- 3 роки тому +2

      Bingo. Until they address the corruption and price gauging in colleges, this issue will continue. There's no reason a dorm with 2 other people should be 10k each a semester. Speaking from personal experience.

    • @enigmathegrayman2953
      @enigmathegrayman2953 3 роки тому +1

      As long as people are WILLING to take on debt the problems will persist.

    • @lawrencemiller3829
      @lawrencemiller3829 3 роки тому

      @@enigmathegrayman2953 More significantly dissipative debt causes problems, the kind of debt that does not build the means to pay it off.

    • @enigmathegrayman2953
      @enigmathegrayman2953 3 роки тому

      @@lawrencemiller3829
      Is that personal debt or business debt you speak of?

    • @Dunks-
      @Dunks- 3 роки тому

      @@enigmathegrayman2953 no complaints here and I'm not looking for loan forgiveness. Reality is there shouldn't be a 300% mark up on college books and astronomical housing charges. You basically are saying you support the inflated prices of college, I question it.

  • @jennifervondeylen7362
    @jennifervondeylen7362 3 роки тому +254

    My son loves mechanics. He started at the bottom changing oil at a dealership. He worked hard and got noticed. The dealership is now paying for him to attend a local community College where he is working on his masters mechanics certification. Beginning a polite, hardworking ,farm kid is paying off for my boy. God Bless the real USA 🇺🇸

    • @incognitojuggernaut4411
      @incognitojuggernaut4411 3 роки тому +3

      hahahahaha......

    • @donreinke5863
      @donreinke5863 3 роки тому +18

      Thats one way to do it. I started out repairing cars at used car lots in 1977 after learning automotive repair inhigh school. I have never wasted my time with joke ASE certification, I owe not one cent of student loans and nearly 45 years later i have a waiting list of people wanting me to repair their older and classic cars because the kids coming out of Lincoln Tech and other schools are absolutely clueless about anything if they cant access an OBD II port for electronic diagnostics.....they teach very little basic theory and engineering history, its ALL about "driveability and emissions"......."whats that thing on top of the engine and how does it work? (carburetor) and "whats that thing with all the big wires coming out of it?" (distributor)..What????..this vehicle doesnt have control modules for EVERYTHING?
      Thats what we get now from most kids in automotive repair.
      I hope your son learns better.

    • @jennifervondeylen7362
      @jennifervondeylen7362 3 роки тому +18

      @@donreinke5863 my husband made sure our son started off on tractors & rebuilding a square body. He will have a wide scope of automotive experience!

    • @juliorobinson5386
      @juliorobinson5386 3 роки тому +9

      Good for him finding a good non corrupt dealership I’ve heard many horror stories with them.

    • @donreinke5863
      @donreinke5863 3 роки тому +11

      @@jennifervondeylen7362 Good to hear. Best of luck from an old time mechanic (were not "techs")

  • @wink196
    @wink196 3 роки тому +249

    " we have 18 yr olds making adult decisions" this is the problem with the US across the board starting with the White house.

    • @chandleranderson2174
      @chandleranderson2174 3 роки тому

      Hi Diana

    • @nancyneal5377
      @nancyneal5377 3 роки тому +5

      Their parents should be telling them not to waste money on b.s. degrees.Parents need to tell them they will not support them,when the only job they get is at Starbucks

    • @yamchayaku
      @yamchayaku 3 роки тому +11

      @@nancyneal5377 Uh do you think kids from poor or fragmented families would have parents that would know any better?

    • @hanfucolorful9656
      @hanfucolorful9656 3 роки тому +9

      and 81 ye olds making 18 yr old decisions.

    • @jeffreyhutchins6527
      @jeffreyhutchins6527 3 роки тому +7

      @@yamchayaku Right, because common sense is something people only get when they are rich or have a two parent family. What fool does not think ahead , what's the job market for a person with a degree in women's studies before signing a loan for $70k to pay for a year at UCLA ? Apparently there are a lot of people getting useless degrees then expecting everybody else to cover the cost. Many of them came from those families that were not poor or fragmented.

  • @williemartin9872
    @williemartin9872 3 роки тому +304

    You know, I went to college because in order to apply for the job I wanted, I had to have a bachelors degree. So, let’s not forget that industry has also added to the problem.

    • @crow592
      @crow592 3 роки тому +24

      Boomercucks conveniently forget how the private sector has contributed to this issue

    • @d.rabbit7276
      @d.rabbit7276 3 роки тому +23

      Agreed. Although I don't buy into this "degrees are worthless" nonsense. I believe if you get a degree in liberal arts, African studies and fashion design be prepared to struggle. Also, without a bachelor's degree the more viable jobs will often discard your application before the interview process even begin. It's hard to get into a safe without the combination or key. You can't get the job without being recruited and sitting in front of a interviewer. So people should stop this feel good anti- degree silliness, because this is where we are. Besides, much of this talk is from people who never attended or finished college.

    • @SKBottom
      @SKBottom 3 роки тому +13

      It's called credentialism. Requiring degrees and even advanced degrees for jobs a middle schooler could do.

    • @kaglekoa
      @kaglekoa 3 роки тому +12

      And today many of these industries want " 2 years work experience" with your BA degree, fresh out of college/uni.

    • @LILDroidDEX
      @LILDroidDEX 3 роки тому +15

      Thank you for bringing this up because I was about to say something myself. The kids were not the only ones making the dumb decision to go to college because the public and private job sectors were all in on it as well so I don't know why they didn't bring that up when that is the majority of the reason why most people try to go to school and get the degree. You won't be able to get a raise and neither will you be able to move up in the company if you don't have a degree.

  • @michaelh7527
    @michaelh7527 3 роки тому +110

    Honestly, college isn't worth the cost anymore. It used to be that having a degree meant something.
    But honestly, employers really don't verify a degree unless it's a high up position. I have friends who lied about a degree and experience. They just learned the job watching others and no one caught on. They have been in their position for years.

    • @johnmartin4641
      @johnmartin4641 3 роки тому +3

      That’s the point in going to college though: so you can get a high up position. Why would anyone want to spend their entire career at the bottom and not move high up in the company? It may not be required for entry level jobs, but it is required for the jobs that actually pay well. I have a friend that skipped college originally, worked his way up to director, and was stuck at that level for well over a decade because he didn’t have a degree, then went to college at night for almost a decade, graduated, then got promoted to VP and retired with around $30,000,000 saved for retirement and a pension. I myself went to college and just retired with upper 8 figures saved for retirement because I was able to make it pretty far up at my firm, which I wouldn’t have been able to do without a degree.

    • @sew_gal7340
      @sew_gal7340 3 роки тому +5

      A degree shows employers that you have the discipline and the grit to finish your education, Its risky to hire people who don't want to invest in their own future. I see education as a fun thing and actually going back to school next year just for learning sake. It will cost me 25k but i won't have to take out a loan for it

    • @dj.1094
      @dj.1094 2 роки тому +1

      I don’t know how long ago your story happened but I work in HR and we always credential new hires and if they lied about the degree they lose their job. It doesn’t matter if they are a clerk or a Partner, we are checking to see if the degree they say they have has been granted.

    • @pwnyboyog2501
      @pwnyboyog2501 2 роки тому +3

      There are plenty of jobs that have to have educations. Doctors, engineers, accountants/money managers to name just a few

    • @joshhoward1289
      @joshhoward1289 2 роки тому +4

      You use the word honestly twice to tell us your friends scammed their way into jobs. Hardly acts of honesty….honestly.

  • @puuxexil
    @puuxexil 3 роки тому +167

    Dave is absolutely right; if you have a skill without a demand, then you have nothing.

    • @KBTadieh
      @KBTadieh 3 роки тому +3

      Dave Ramsey ALSO declared bankruptcy to wipe out his personal debt obligation instead of paying it back. Did he tell you that dummy??

    • @puuxexil
      @puuxexil 3 роки тому +1

      @@KBTadieh I don't see your point. You seem poor.

    • @Defy_Convention
      @Defy_Convention 3 роки тому +3

      @@KBTadieh the banks that held the mortgages for his properties forced him to do that since they felt like he was over leveraged during the last financial crisis. It had nothing to do with failure, the banks were spooked even while he was covering the payments. If anything, be angry with the banks.

    • @puuxexil
      @puuxexil 3 роки тому +1

      Okay, first I gave a trolly response to what was a trolly comment that didn't speak to my point. I like Dave and I've read a couple of his books, and I think he has a lot of great things to say. Declaring bankruptcy is not the same as student loan forgiveness. Think about it: how can a bank repossess an education? A judge dictated the terms to Dave and he took his medicine. Dave has never tried to hide his failures. I'm not going to "cancel" him. But neither am I fanboy; I do take issue with certain things he does. On the whole, there's a lot to be learned, and this country needs a wake-up call: a successful career is not about the degree, but the value you can offer.

    • @Daniel-wp8ki
      @Daniel-wp8ki 3 роки тому +3

      Dave Ramsey definitely has skills to scam people to enter the biggest scam aka the stock market 😂😂😂

  • @kenferguson3349
    @kenferguson3349 3 роки тому +82

    To simplify: "Student Loans are a scam!" A Ponzi scheme on steroids! Early 1990's I worked summer fast food and earned enough to pay tuition at a state university(5+ years engineering). Worked part time at Sears to cover my bills the rest of the year. That's simply impossible now days, just like home ownership. The easy availability of massive loans drove the cost through the roof.

    • @ProudBM19
      @ProudBM19 3 роки тому +7

      "Student Loans are a scam" *Facts!* That's It Right There...

    • @lisa-wr4wl
      @lisa-wr4wl 3 роки тому +1

      It is estimated that student loans in themselves quadruple the cost of education.

    • @TheBrewQ
      @TheBrewQ 3 роки тому +4

      the guaranteed student loan is the reason for all this insane amount of student debt. The taxpayers are left holding the bag.

    • @KBTadieh
      @KBTadieh 3 роки тому +3

      Ironically speaking Dave Ramsey declared bankruptcy back in the 80's to wipe out MILLIONS he owned in personal dept to the banks YET he's now out here saying student loan forgiveness is a scam. What a 💩 head

    • @Sparky-ww5re
      @Sparky-ww5re 3 роки тому +2

      Exactly well said. The biggest lie being forced on this generation, is you have to have a college degree to be successful. Which is simply not true. I also agree, things were a lot different 30 years ago, a college degree meant a lot more, than it does now. However, with the majority of baby boomers retiring and nearing retirement means many skilled trades are in high demand with some paying just as much, perhaps more, than someone with a college degree in tens of thousands in student loans.

  • @cultleader6977
    @cultleader6977 3 роки тому +18

    Collage is a scam I skipped it i am 24 years old working as a janitor in a school making $50,000 a year without over time. I get full benefits sick time, vacation, every federal holiday, personal time , pension , health care, dental,... waiting for the parks department job to open up that only union can get.

    • @danthegeoman
      @danthegeoman 2 роки тому +1

      It’s not for everyone. That’s it. I want my doctor to be college educated. The school janitor at my daughter’s school can have on the job training that would more than suffice.
      Do keep in mind that you haven’t dodged anything. You’ve just put off an inevitable. You’ll absolutely need to get a degree at some point if you plan to raise a family and kids who you’ve set up to take the next leap forward financially lest they end up just like you (or worse) at 24. A degree is less about what you’re learning (though that is important) and more about what you learn while you’re learning. You’re gonna hit a ceiling fast and will probably want more, and your gf/wife is going to push you to become more and unlock your potential. And she should if she’s the right gal. But hey, you could always be some beta MGTOW soy boy. That works for some I guess.

    • @cultleader6977
      @cultleader6977 2 роки тому

      @@danthegeoman try working on saving ur hairline lol

  • @Professionalnyj_Troll
    @Professionalnyj_Troll 3 роки тому +282

    We should also examine Universities and Colleges for price fixing.

    • @davidbuck9977
      @davidbuck9977 3 роки тому +12

      It's supply and demand, the government backs everyone's student loans so a bunch of people go to school. The problem is government shouldn't be guaranteeing everyone's loan for any degree, student loans should only be offered on degrees that are in demand in the work force.

    • @Professionalnyj_Troll
      @Professionalnyj_Troll 3 роки тому +1

      @@davidbuck9977It has nothing to do with supply and demand. I quote" A plain agreement among competitors to fix prices is almost always illegal, whether prices are fixed at a minimum, maximum, or within some range. Illegal price fixing occurs whenever two or more competitors agree to take actions that have the effect of raising, lowering or stabilizing the price of any product or service without any legitimate justification. Price-fixing schemes are often worked out in secret and can be hard to uncover, but an agreement can be discovered from "circumstantial" evidence".

    • @sweetmcnasty
      @sweetmcnasty 3 роки тому +1

      Price fixing? No. We should be pulling their accreditations just on the fact they are diploma mills. Colleges and Universities have become adult day care facilities. The reason why they spew out so many worthless degree holders is because it's easy money for the schools and an easy graduation for the student. Pull all taxes and Federal grants from these schools.

    • @davidbuck9977
      @davidbuck9977 3 роки тому +1

      @@Professionalnyj_Troll So you're saying universities would have just as much demand if student loans weren't offered? Complete BS, in 2019 69% of graduates took out student loans and 90% of those who took out loans said going to school wouldn't have been possible with out student loans. That's GRADUATES there is no telling how many people took out loans and dropped out before getting a degree. So a university loosing over 62% of it's students would not effect demand. I think not.

    • @daliamcmahon5884
      @daliamcmahon5884 3 роки тому +1

      Yup.

  • @hightide1500
    @hightide1500 3 роки тому +29

    This has been a problem for decades. From UCLA, I remember some graduates couldn’t get a job with their environmental studies major. They ended up working cashier jobs or going back to city college to learn for a real career such as nursing, etc.

  • @BaconMaken
    @BaconMaken 3 роки тому +14

    I don't know who will read this, but I have some advice for anyone considering college. Community college is a great option. I ignored my teachers and guidance counselors who advised against it and I'm glad that I did. I went to a community college for two years and then I transferred to a university where I spent the next two years to get my bachelor's in graphic design. I graduated with half of the debt all of my friends left that school with. I am currently debt free and employed as a graphic designer for a vehicle wrap and lettering company. College doesn't have to be expensive. My degree is worth just as much as the "big shots" who went to Harvard.

    • @cosmeticscameo8277
      @cosmeticscameo8277 2 роки тому +1

      you go to harvard to make connections with the wealthy elite...the degree is a afterthought

    • @zachkleinwolterink2720
      @zachkleinwolterink2720 2 роки тому

      Good for you. I hope that more young people realize this in the next few years or our trades will be in even more trouble. Glad theres people out there like Mike Rowe promoting comm. college and trade schools. Now the younger generation needs to wake up and realize that the chances of making good money in the trades are higher than getting rich off a tik tok or YT video.

  • @mrs.carter4775
    @mrs.carter4775 3 роки тому +113

    I could have done the student loan forgiveness as a RN but I couldn’t imagine paying off $64k in 10yrs….I worked extra shifts and paid it off in THREE years myself.

    • @lisa-wr4wl
      @lisa-wr4wl 3 роки тому +1

      It is estimated that student loans in themselves quadruple the cost of education.

    • @melissachartres3219
      @melissachartres3219 3 роки тому +10

      Paid it off in three years!!!??? HOLY COW! You're going on clear liquids and N.P.O. after midnight!

    • @TERMIN8TOR99
      @TERMIN8TOR99 3 роки тому +5

      My daughter earned her doctorate in pharmacy, and has paid off 100k student loan in a less than 2 years.

    • @BR-it2qe
      @BR-it2qe 3 роки тому +8

      @@TERMIN8TOR99 probably got a scholarship or grants. Probably didnt use a private student loan company. Probably was helped by her parents to some degree. And the big one,, she got a good paying job.. I encourage people to work hard and pay it off, just understand it won't be as easy for some.

    • @TERMIN8TOR99
      @TERMIN8TOR99 3 роки тому +1

      @@BR-it2qe yea I did pay 5k but she paid the rest, she fell into a doughnut hole and was accepted into the graduate program but not eligible for graduate loans as she didnt have enough credits.

  • @rwheelerwheeler9034
    @rwheelerwheeler9034 3 роки тому +169

    The way student loan forgiveness works is after 25 years you are forgiven, however it is considered earned income by the IRS then you have to pay the IRS. So yes it's a scam because you still have to pay for it.

  • @dkramer5264
    @dkramer5264 3 роки тому +81

    Dad was brutally honest but that's tough love

  • @saxaphone9496
    @saxaphone9496 7 місяців тому +1

    My parents were both teachers and they told me to follow my dreams and go to the college you want. I got my liberal arts degree in Virginia for a hefty price for a career that paid me $8.00 an hour. What a joke. I wont allow my two boys to make the same mistake.

  • @satyricon65
    @satyricon65 3 роки тому +12

    This will affect the working class and middle class the most. A lot of whom never went to college.

  • @henryannis8752
    @henryannis8752 3 роки тому +124

    It is estimated that student loans in themselves quadruple the cost of education.

    • @martameek5558
      @martameek5558 3 роки тому +4

      Yeah, and in the end just what sound education are these kids getting?

    • @cacornhusker2940
      @cacornhusker2940 3 роки тому +6

      "Higher Education" has become quite the scam. i got a 4 yr degree in the 80's, i think tuition was around $25/credit hour, it was about $100/credit hour 10 yrs later when my sister was attending there. we could only borrow $2500/yr in student loans then and that was enough to pay for room/board in a dorm. now i think kids borrow $10K/yr just for undergrad degrees?? my tuition and student fees to get an elec engr degree cost me less than $12K in the 80's, and i did have an extra year of 400 level physics that cost another $4K. that was pretty reasonable for a degree back then.

    • @ab00abdullah
      @ab00abdullah 3 роки тому +3

      @@cacornhusker2940the title here is misleading and I like your wording better. The panel here did mainly talk about what you're saying but the imagined focus is only on the "forgiveness program".

    • @cacornhusker2940
      @cacornhusker2940 3 роки тому +5

      @@ab00abdullah screw the "forgiveness program", especially for AOC who's pushing it - can you say "conflict of interest"?? how 'bout a kick in the a$$ and get to work cuz their unemployment ran out. there is a so-called "labor shortage" isn't there??

    • @henryannis8752
      @henryannis8752 3 роки тому +4

      @@martameek5558 They are being indoctrinated in socialism, but that not to sound yet they believe it.

  • @susanlindsay7970
    @susanlindsay7970 3 роки тому +86

    I was knocked down for being a hairdresser my whole life. I'm now retired. I was able to support 2 kids and live a life of joy. I owned my own salon for 20 years. I was able to back out and not even work for the last 10 years and still the salon supported me. In my earlier years, I could work the hours around my kid's schedules and be home with them when I wanted to and go to their sports and activities. That was more important to me than living with a high salary.

    • @JSB103
      @JSB103 3 роки тому +8

      Yours is the best post I've seen here!! A good life, in the most noble sense of the term.

    • @susanlindsay7970
      @susanlindsay7970 3 роки тому +6

      @@JSB103 Wow, thank you. I've always thought all the trade schools should be considered.

    • @devinmcgroot7560
      @devinmcgroot7560 3 роки тому +1

      People who are smart (smarter than stupid hairdressers) ARE UNABLE to get an education in science, engineering or medicine, because of MORON neo-cons who want to make it as hard and expensive as possible to get an education.
      If there was debt relief, much more people would have opportunity for it. A 200 IQ single kid can't afford the education even though he is smart. BECAUSE OF MORONS WHO ARE ANTI EDUCATION!

    • @JSB103
      @JSB103 3 роки тому +1

      @@susanlindsay7970, you're absolutely right. 🌹

    • @JSB103
      @JSB103 3 роки тому +5

      @@devinmcgroot7560, no need to disparage anyone ⬆ There's nothing like the people who play the cards life deals to them, and work hard to make do with what they've got. They are the salt of the earth and the backbone of Humanity.

  • @benmartin3563
    @benmartin3563 3 роки тому +72

    If progressive professors are all for tuition forgiveness and free tuition then they should lower there salaries to help lower the tuition rates…

    • @devinmcgroot7560
      @devinmcgroot7560 3 роки тому +3

      clearly you are not educated, or have debts. otherwise youd sing a different tune

    • @Thvndar
      @Thvndar 3 роки тому +7

      Staff salaries are are minuscule part of the increasing cost of college

    • @chuckysmaria6466
      @chuckysmaria6466 3 роки тому +5

      Devin mcgroot
      Because we spend money wisely. Of course people in debt wants to get their debt forgiven. And people who don't have debt dont want it to be forgiven if they are going to pay for it with their tax.

    • @benmartin3563
      @benmartin3563 3 роки тому +5

      @@devinmcgroot7560 thank you for the kind insult… and i actually do have a lot of debt not in college tuition but in for income real estate and in ca too. i might not be as educated as others but i do understand money.

    • @Thvndar
      @Thvndar 3 роки тому +2

      @@chuckysmaria6466 you're not discussing thee greater issue: College should be free. there shouldn't be any upfront costs in the first place

  • @Daniel-wp8ki
    @Daniel-wp8ki 3 роки тому +2

    What a joke, meanwhile corporations avoid paying their million dollars debts by filing bankruptcy/changing their names and keep making millions.
    You all got punked!
    Corporations socialize losses and privatize profits.

  • @gordongekko2781
    @gordongekko2781 7 місяців тому +1

    On behalf of all the responsible citizens who actually contribute to the economy and pay taxes: I would like to express my opposition to a program that would take from responsible citizens to give to people who refuse to accept responsibility for their decisions (no one forced them to take out these loans) and many of whom chose to pursue careers in fields that are low paying (again entirely their choice). If you choose to do what is fun rather than what pays well, then that is entirely on you, and you should bear the consequences, not me. The rest of us were willing to do the hard work that needed doing while you were doing whatever felt good to you. Guess what. Now the bill is due. Pay it yourself!

  • @christophergill871
    @christophergill871 3 роки тому +46

    Please Cancel my mortgage too while ur at!

    • @вечная_мерзлота
      @вечная_мерзлота 3 роки тому +1

      thers gotta be a Chinese kid with good hacking ability.
      or Russian.
      or anyone.
      just please.

    • @DIAMONDGIRL57
      @DIAMONDGIRL57 2 роки тому

      😂😂😂🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

  • @WhatThe49.
    @WhatThe49. 3 роки тому +114

    The banks and the schools should take on this burden, NOT the taxpayers.

    • @rtquest22
      @rtquest22 3 роки тому +3

      The moment the fed reserve printed money is the moment you're no longer a taxpayer. You owe the fed that paper money or have your stuff seized. Either way, you'll be taking this burden one way or the other.

    • @jamescarnley4830
      @jamescarnley4830 3 роки тому +14

      STUDENTS ARE "RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN DEBT!"
      THAT'S CALLED "LEARNING RESPONSIBILITY. "

    • @cacornhusker2940
      @cacornhusker2940 3 роки тому +9

      the Universities are the ones selling bad goods, not the Banks.

    • @WERob-to5sp
      @WERob-to5sp 3 роки тому +8

      IM NOT PAYING THEIR BILLS. If students are enraged with the cost then they should question the school as to why they are being charged so much. Question the teachers.

    • @yamchayaku
      @yamchayaku 3 роки тому +5

      @@jamescarnley4830 Reality is that you're going to pay for it if they default on it whether you like it or not. That's not your choice to make. Your tax money will make it happen

  • @gregoryking4796
    @gregoryking4796 3 роки тому +26

    I knew Dave was going to call someone stupid and I wasn't disappointed

    • @lisa-wr4wl
      @lisa-wr4wl 3 роки тому

      It is estimated that student loans in themselves quadruple the cost of education.

    • @KBTadieh
      @KBTadieh 3 роки тому +2

      Are you aware Dave has declared bankruptcy in the past to wipe out his personal debt obligation? 🤣🤣

    • @gregoryking4796
      @gregoryking4796 3 роки тому

      @@KBTadieh what's so funny about what you said... Or are you one of those people that has to laugh at their own jokes because they suck

    • @KBTadieh
      @KBTadieh 3 роки тому +3

      @@gregoryking4796 Nah it's funny because he's out here telling you all that student loan forgiveness is bad .. meanwhile he borrowed and lost MILLIONS and declared bankruptcy back in the 80's for all his personal debt obligations to be wiped out. And that was okay, somehow that's not a scam.
      Meanwhile student loans, propped up by his generation (boomers) ripping off 18 year olds is not a scam rather asking for forgiveness JUST LIKE HE DID is a scam.
      And I was laughing because y'all don't seem to get the irony in him benefiting from bankruptcy while saying students getting some of that benefit is a scam

  • @A54729
    @A54729 2 роки тому +4

    He was not crying about the PPP average of $109k. What a clown.

    • @andrewseidl7590
      @andrewseidl7590 2 роки тому +2

      Dave Ramsey needs to retire. That guy is clueless about today's world

    • @kensmith2796
      @kensmith2796 2 роки тому +1

      @@andrewseidl7590 Truth. He still thinks you can pay your college tuition delivering pizzas on the side. I even heard him advise someone who was accepted into medical school not to go and deliver pizzas until he saved up enough to pay for med school.

  • @Jen_ell
    @Jen_ell 3 роки тому +24

    This was great! I work in college access and it’s so important for us to advise students on how to use their education after high school to build their future in a way that aligns with their interests and is cost effective. Postsecondary education is a lot of things: college, trade, certifications, etc. There is no one way to be successful. But the amounts of debt students have been saddled with because of how they have been advised, OR operating from a space of emotion and not strategy, is disgraceful. Higher education has just begun (in a large way) focusing on retention in a way that works, but it’s taken time to get here. Hoping we can better advise our students on all options available, inclusive of the military, when it comes to crafting their future endeavors.

  • @satoshihiramatsu666
    @satoshihiramatsu666 3 роки тому +172

    People must change the perspectives of college education that became nothing more than money making business itself like food, medicine industries.

    • @devinmcgroot7560
      @devinmcgroot7560 3 роки тому +1

      if people follow your stupid perspective, then more people will be stupid and uneducated like you.

    • @smokingthereefer92
      @smokingthereefer92 3 роки тому

      Anything that to many of the people in this population start investing in becomes a money making business. That's why I only buy MY NEEDS. I don't need to fund and be taxed by the government all because I want a 70 inch tv. I do want one. They are nice but I'm not buying one out of the store that I'm funding the government for. Same as everything else. If I don't need it to survive, I'm not buying it.

    • @smokingthereefer92
      @smokingthereefer92 3 роки тому +13

      @@devinmcgroot7560 Sounds like the only stupid one here is you. How much are you in debt?

    • @Concerned502
      @Concerned502 3 роки тому +6

      @@devinmcgroot7560 Higher "education", outside of STEM fields, often involves simply regurgitating the effluent that the professor espouses.
      Critical thinking is actually PUNISHED by being marked down, if you happen to argue with VERIFIABLE FACTS, on subjects the professor personally doesnt agree with.
      Students in these NON-STEM fields are typically CREDENTIALED, not educated. They are rewarded a degree for regurgitating the rightthink of certain political viewpoints.

    • @tre655
      @tre655 3 роки тому +3

      You can go to community college for 15% of the cost

  • @billashby7858
    @billashby7858 3 роки тому +87

    Just imagine getting a Women's Study Degree and owing $100,000.00 in student debt!

    • @JSB103
      @JSB103 3 роки тому +3

      I can't imagine (that).

    • @zarach9459
      @zarach9459 3 роки тому +6

      I imagine a mountain of manure scented with hundreds of gallons of Channel No. 5, only useful for farmers but too expensive.

    • @joep.5757
      @joep.5757 3 роки тому +8

      or liberal arts!

    • @superchuck3259
      @superchuck3259 3 роки тому +7

      yeah and like at the end, hating men and hating life.

    • @dusa5918
      @dusa5918 3 роки тому +4

      Students make wrong choices what to study … stupidity is rampant…

  • @Unknown-th8hx
    @Unknown-th8hx 3 роки тому +49

    18 year olds making adult decisions. Ramsey is correct as usual

    • @jab7168
      @jab7168 3 роки тому +6

      I was in military making all sorts of adult decisions at 18....

    • @Daniel-wp8ki
      @Daniel-wp8ki 3 роки тому +3

      Gary...
      Meanwhile corporations avoid paying their million dollars debts by filing bankruptcy/changing their names and keep making millions.
      You got punked bro!
      Corporations socialize losses and privatize profits. Dave will never mention this, wonder why?

    • @consumerdebtchitchat
      @consumerdebtchitchat 2 роки тому

      Ramsey has personal experience about going bankrupt as a youth. Firsthand knowlege is a real life teacher.

  • @aaa7189
    @aaa7189 3 роки тому +2

    Why isn't anyone getting on the schools for charging so much ???

  • @jkylegilbert
    @jkylegilbert 2 роки тому +5

    Narrator - Dave Ramsey was wrong..............

  • @jayprice4543
    @jayprice4543 3 роки тому +14

    Ask NOT: "What do you want to be when you grow up?"
    ASK: "Who do you expect/want to sign your paycheck...when you grow up?"
    Then, make your plans accordingly. This guidance would get kids thinking and making wise career/college decisions.

  • @vbjoker
    @vbjoker 3 роки тому +21

    I'll tell you where it all went to hell. By the late 80s school admins made a push to focus on sports instead of vocational training. Emphasis on more money then realistic world necessity. On top of that it became the norm to say you need a degree to have worth. Fast forward to today and here are the results. Sad.

    • @superchuck3259
      @superchuck3259 3 роки тому

      Rare things that take effort to get are worth more, who thought?
      What is more rare coal or gold? Both come from the ground!

    • @lisa-wr4wl
      @lisa-wr4wl 3 роки тому

      It is estimated that student loans in themselves quadruple the cost of education.

  • @dekanogiulogilvstaples4430
    @dekanogiulogilvstaples4430 3 роки тому +88

    So true, my daughter went six years for her medical degree and now runs a business instead lol

    • @lisa-wr4wl
      @lisa-wr4wl 3 роки тому

      It is estimated that student loans in themselves quadruple the cost of education.

  • @derf_the_mule1405
    @derf_the_mule1405 2 роки тому +4

    I agree with Dave Ramsey on this. I got a 4 year Engineering Degree. It took me 12 years to pay off the loans (including 3.5 years of congressional induced unemployment). School is more expensive now and less useful. I have a friend with hundreds of thousands in debt works as a physicians assistant. He can't afford to pay the interest that is accruing and capitalizing. If you can't get a job that pays 50% of your debt as starting salary, then you can't afford student loans. Go be a plumber or carpenter. Good ones are in high demand here. Baristas with degrees are in low demand.

  • @Scorch1028
    @Scorch1028 3 роки тому +1

    My lenders put me on a 20-year payment schedule to pay off $30k in student loan debt, and paid off my loans in 16 years. It took a lot of discipline, and I "went without" cable TV, cell phones, and a new car for 10 years after graduation in order to pay off $30k in 16 years. I had to make a ton of sacrifices to pay off my loans -- while people in my peer group who racked up over $150k in student loans, have been spending thousands of dollars on vacations, smartphones, smart-watches, cable TV, streaming services, and new cars. Now these irresponsible people think they deserve "student loan forgiveness", just because they had no desire to live on a budget during and after college. What the hell?!!!

    • @Scorch1028
      @Scorch1028 3 роки тому

      @@caseypayanI remember thinking that my student loan checks were “excessive” given the amount of money that I actually “needed” to attend college and cover my living expenses. I almost dreaded receiving large checks from my lenders, because I “knew” that I was going to have to pay that amount back plus interest, in addition to the amount that went toward my tuition. The only time the extra money helped was when I had expensive auto repair. I never spent my borrowed money extravagantly.

  • @thereissomecoolstuff
    @thereissomecoolstuff 3 роки тому +6

    Forgive the interest but never the loan...you cannot gift public funds.

  • @Concerned502
    @Concerned502 3 роки тому +54

    "College Debt Forgiveness"
    Transfer of the debt to people who never asked for, agreed to, or benefited from the loan.

    • @zarach9459
      @zarach9459 3 роки тому +5

      In other times there was something called personal responsibility, the idea is that each person has to be responsible for their actions and in case of making a mistake face the consequences and solve them, but that is heteropatriarchal, now there is something called social responsibility, so each individual can blame society for their mistakes and pass the consequences on to others.

    • @superchuck3259
      @superchuck3259 3 роки тому +5

      F your Freedom.
      F personal responsibility!
      F J B

    • @Flap999
      @Flap999 3 роки тому +3

      @@ericmead916 Government supplied "education" is indoctrination sir. Trust them with your healthcare and see what happens.

    • @knitwit7082
      @knitwit7082 3 роки тому +2

      Nobody has to pay MY loans. I agreed to repay them, I have, and I will until they are paid in full.

    • @knitwit7082
      @knitwit7082 3 роки тому +3

      @@Flap999 I went to a public university and got a bachelor's degree in a top-rated program.
      I have had a good career because of it.
      I wasn't indoctrinated. I was taught history, philosophy, science, literature, and the law (my major). I was taught by different instructors who had different opinions. I formed my own belief system based on what made the most sense to me.
      THAT IS AN EDUCATION! Not an indoctrination, which turns out cookie-cutter graduates who have been coerced to believe one way, the way the instructor says is right.
      It is sad that kids now are only taught from one perspective: they are afraid to stray from it for fear of criticism and condemnation. I got my degree at 35. I am glad I waited until I was an adult. I saw 18-year olds, mouths hanging open, intent in every word the instructor said. I thought, this instructor is is full of 💩! I had real world experience to compare with what they said. At 18, kids don't have that.
      Maybe the answer is to have kids work or go into the military for 3-4 years before they go to college. I guarantee they would get a lot more out of it.

  • @Noquarter6969
    @Noquarter6969 3 роки тому +30

    Let's go Brandon!

    • @jimmygeorge436
      @jimmygeorge436 3 роки тому +1

      ❤️❤️😂😂👍👍

    • @davey11ify
      @davey11ify 3 роки тому +1

      Who's Brandon?

    • @a_9408
      @a_9408 3 роки тому

      Let's go China!

    • @fredzag2452
      @fredzag2452 3 роки тому

      @@davey11ify Dave, Brandon is a race car driver. In an interview after the race, the crowd behind him was yelling screw Joe Biden, and the interviewer said they are cheering "Go Brandon"!. It must have jinxed Brandon, because it turned out instead of a win, Brandon came in second. I saw the explanation on the O'Reilly factor. Now you know, Brandon Brown.

    • @lisa-wr4wl
      @lisa-wr4wl 3 роки тому

      It is estimated that student loans in themselves quadruple the cost of education.

  • @joes3703
    @joes3703 3 роки тому +23

    “Let’s double-down on how stupid we’re going to be”. Love it!!

    • @lisa-wr4wl
      @lisa-wr4wl 3 роки тому

      It is estimated that student loans in themselves quadruple the cost of education.

  • @angeliomaxiz4207
    @angeliomaxiz4207 3 роки тому +34

    Investing for today is priceless because tomorrow isn't promised, trading bitcoins, gold, silver and crypto secures a better tomorrow

    • @alisonroman2991
      @alisonroman2991 3 роки тому

      When money realizes that it is in good hand's, it wants to stay and multiply in those hands, if you really want to make profits out of the money you've got, you have to take it out of the savings account

    • @xiammee2070
      @xiammee2070 3 роки тому

      How many millionaire's do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts ? I rest my case

    • @ianrichmond7624
      @ianrichmond7624 3 роки тому

      Interesting most people don't understand the market moves and tend to mislead in facts like this and always depend on money in the bank, very bad idea

    • @jurgenguntar2146
      @jurgenguntar2146 3 роки тому

      I understand the fact that tomorrow isn't promised to anyone, but investing today is a hard thing to do, because I have no idea and where to invest in?

    • @alankiesewetter8427
      @alankiesewetter8427 3 роки тому

      @@jurgenguntar2146 Perfectly said, well I can't disclose much but my personal portfolio /investment manager Mr Wayne Thornton, after a whole week of research, he runs an investment platform where you don't have to undergo any stress in the trades, He manages my trading account I opened with a capital of $3,500 and now I have grown my portfolio massively up to $21,000 A huge success

  • @MsLucky443
    @MsLucky443 3 роки тому +36

    People go to a school you can afford. Community college, especially for the first 2 years is smart!

    • @VapidSlug
      @VapidSlug 3 роки тому +2

      Add a little to that: go to a 2-year TRADE school. A hard-working welder can make more than a hard-working physician all while having a lower suicide risk. Do not do your first two years at CC then go to a university; that is also a scam. you will be lucky if 20% of your credits roll over.

    • @brianholloway6205
      @brianholloway6205 3 роки тому +1

      @@VapidSlug lol what where did you get this suicide data? Seriously

    • @brianholloway6205
      @brianholloway6205 3 роки тому +1

      @@VapidSlug PS you are lying and made a blanket accusation that is not true. I’ve transferred and this statement of yours is NOT true

    • @VapidSlug
      @VapidSlug 3 роки тому

      @@brianholloway6205 im not going to Google that for you, physicians finally usurped dentists for that unfortunate crown. so far as the credits transferring, is your anecdote supposed to be better than my anecdote? because, after a lengthy battle, my last university transferred 0.5h of my credits out of 12-- they tried to transfer nothing. my university after that refused to transfer ANY at all and i had to retake undergrad courses which i had a master's and previously taught. the only way i would trust a transfer is if the two schools had a contract.

    • @brianholloway6205
      @brianholloway6205 3 роки тому

      @@VapidSlug of course you can’t point me towards your information. I asked because there is no evidence and I can’t find such evidence so absent some strangely obscure part of the internet it doesn’t exist.
      Second, in terms of transferring credits, so this is beyond ignorant. I’ve literally gone through this process 3 times. I have THREE higher degrees and have gone to school in 4 states and two countries. You are blatantly lying and attempting to make vast accusations without any specific evidence. Such as school names. What’s really important to note is that even if everything you said is true about one school it doesn’t hold true to every school in your state. Unless your schools were unaccredited. Period.

  • @paulmasterson386
    @paulmasterson386 3 роки тому +34

    In Europe college degrees take three years not four. Perhaps cutting the length of US degrees by a third would be a good place to start.

    • @gatu1353
      @gatu1353 3 роки тому +13

      You mean by a quarter lol. Maybe you could use the extra year

    • @paulmasterson386
      @paulmasterson386 3 роки тому +3

      @@gatu1353 well said! Sorry! I failed my maths O level!

    • @kowalskimj89
      @kowalskimj89 3 роки тому +2

      As an American that lived in the eu before 9/11. I think the eu could use the extra college. It wasn't until I got back to America that a Doctor was able to repair my damaged ear drum. I took flights and trips from Italy to Germany every 6 months just to get proper treatment. Maybe just a bad experience but everytime I've had an issue in America its been taken care of within weeks if not days.

    • @paulll47
      @paulll47 3 роки тому

      @@kowalskimj89 I have a friend that had the same experience only in America, spent thousands of dollars to get his eyes fixed and the doctors only managed to make it worse, I told him to come here in Italy and see a specialist and he fixed his problem in a month. The doctors skills is subjective, the price of medical care however isn't, my friend didn't have access to the cheap medical care any Italian would have and it still costed him a lot less than he would in America. Also medical studies in Europe have the same duration as in American (and probably the rest of the world).

  • @catherineheart3436
    @catherineheart3436 3 роки тому +14

    I was promised by the Depart of Education since 2007 that do long I pay on time and work full time as a public service worker -I would be forgiven after 120 payments aka 10 years. I’m still waiting

    • @chandleranderson2174
      @chandleranderson2174 3 роки тому +1

      Hi there!

    • @superchuck3259
      @superchuck3259 3 роки тому +1

      So the government lied to you, not shocked.

    • @lgee9027
      @lgee9027 3 роки тому

      Please check on the waivers they have out!!!! Im not sure how it works but its supposed to help get the PSLF approved

    • @zuzuspetals6040
      @zuzuspetals6040 3 роки тому +2

      It’s not an arbitrary denial. It sounds like you didn’t have the right type of loans, payment plan, or employer. Master the details and demonstrate that you’ve met the requirements. I am not convinced that this is a scam.

  • @jakensharke848
    @jakensharke848 3 роки тому +1

    College for what? Foreigners take Americans high paying jobs. Why would we need to go to college when records show foreigners are taking the same jobs we went to college for?

    • @phukyew14
      @phukyew14 3 роки тому +2

      Stop mass immigration from the third world and you'll fix the education system.

  • @donnasmoak9065
    @donnasmoak9065 8 місяців тому +1

    I'm poor and my kids are doing it so get another job , what they need to change is all the dum classes they don't need

  • @WCCXtra
    @WCCXtra 3 роки тому +5

    Should we also make bankruptcy illegal? Make student loans dischargeable through bankruptcy again and this problem will solve itself. Lenders will be a lot pickier and fewer since they won't have as many propagandized people to exploit.

  • @miltonfrank357
    @miltonfrank357 3 роки тому +23

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      @stockupwithlarryjones1201 3 роки тому

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      @frankben5340 3 роки тому

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      @shawnbenjamin3382 3 роки тому

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      @Anthony-bc5me 3 роки тому

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  • @erica8165
    @erica8165 3 роки тому +5

    Taking on a six figure debt to get a low five figure salary is downright stupid!

    • @devinmcgroot7560
      @devinmcgroot7560 3 роки тому

      That's the problem that stops people from getting educated. If it was cheaper (debt forgiveness) then more people who are smart would be able to study.

  • @michamusoke5731
    @michamusoke5731 3 роки тому +6

    I like how Ramsey repeatedly defended the children who took on these debts. How are they supposed to know better when all the people who they are supposed to respect and listen to are giving them the keys to economic failure? Not saying many children don’t listen and do their own thing anyway, but the expectation of many parents is for their children to go to college and get a degree and that debt is just a part of the American dream. I mean why wouldn’t it be when the economy constantly runs off of debt anyway.

  • @mbburry4759
    @mbburry4759 2 роки тому +1

    Ramsey just said it himself- young people were pushed and guided to just go to college whatever the cost! So why whine about forgivness?
    If a plumber business (thier example) fails you can file bankruptcy and discharge your debts! Even if you end up starting another plumber business after!
    AT LEAST MAKE STUDENT LOANS BANKRUPTABLE!

    • @fionagallagher9974
      @fionagallagher9974 2 роки тому

      Yes! That's the REAL issue with student loans - not that *college* is a scam (yes, many are exploitative, but you still get something) - no, but the loan itself is a scam.
      Capitalized interest? CAIVRS? And as you said, can't claim on bankruptcy! And the fact that it is extremely confusing between loan types, servicers, lenders, and debt collectors

  • @donasmith6081
    @donasmith6081 3 роки тому +19

    Everyone who has or ever had a college loan should sue the government or the college.

    • @republicunited2183
      @republicunited2183 3 роки тому +2

      It’s not fair that some of us paid off our loans. While others do not have to! One doesn’t need a college degree to understand this.

    • @playgroundofsound7683
      @playgroundofsound7683 3 роки тому +4

      @@republicunited2183 life is not fair, but point taken

    • @joannehamilton3470
      @joannehamilton3470 3 роки тому

      @@republicunited2183 Well, you voted Republican did you not? So take your grievances there. That’s why Biden was voted in. The country needs to move into the future, and upgrading the education system has a vital role in that.

    • @mikepotter4141
      @mikepotter4141 3 роки тому

      Shift blame from themselves?

    • @mikepotter4141
      @mikepotter4141 3 роки тому +1

      @@joannehamilton3470 Joe Biden doesn't equal improved anything. Stop watching theater and seek out information.

  • @rayshepherd2479
    @rayshepherd2479 3 роки тому +19

    Me and my wife went to community colleges for our first two years then switched to Universities. This cut the cost greatly especially since we lived at home with our parents while attending the community colleges. We both worked summers to help pay for our degrees. She graduated from UCLA and I graduated from USC.

    • @19valleydan
      @19valleydan 3 роки тому +6

      Yes, there's really no point in doing the first two years at a four year school. Mostly just a repeat of HS until you get to junior year anyway. Make HS more rigorous, cut college to 3 years.

    • @superchuck3259
      @superchuck3259 3 роки тому

      Well I went to community college too. A friend, went away to school, became a drunk and flunked out before done with freshman year. Ended up back in community college but was so damaged from the failure, I dunno what happened to him.

    • @superchuck3259
      @superchuck3259 3 роки тому +1

      @@19valleydan In Florida, you know the demonised by the democrats state, yep Florida offers all students the opportunity to take completely free community college classes while in highschool. If a kid plans right, and works hard, the kid can earn some credits up thru getting an entire 2 year college degree for free. So yes, there is already free community college, no need for Federal government to make it mandated.
      Also my wife had a good point. Once the Feds make Community College free, they could make it mandated and force kids to go to it, basically like more high school.

    • @ajac4093
      @ajac4093 3 роки тому

      When did you graduate? Way back when hamburgers were just 5¢?

    • @rayshepherd2479
      @rayshepherd2479 3 роки тому +1

      @@ajac4093 We graduated in 1968 and 1970. At that time college costs were much cheaper but it's still much less costly to do your first 2 years at a junior college.

  • @sippingtea4743
    @sippingtea4743 3 роки тому +7

    Dave Ramsey!! What an awesome financial guru! I am debt free and an everyday millionaire following his plan. We had one income for a family of 4 and averaged $60,000 a year.

    • @devinmcgroot7560
      @devinmcgroot7560 3 роки тому

      yeah but youre not a scientist or engineer. Those people can't get educated because of neo con pieces of trash like

  • @chrisbalsamo968
    @chrisbalsamo968 3 роки тому +19

    I have always appreciated the way Dave Ramsey tells it how it is.

    • @lisa-wr4wl
      @lisa-wr4wl 3 роки тому

      It is estimated that student loans in themselves quadruple the cost of education.

    • @s.r6331
      @s.r6331 3 роки тому +1

      Dave Ramsey is an idiot. What he should've said is college is a scam

    • @KBTadieh
      @KBTadieh 3 роки тому +1

      If he really told you like it is he would tell you that back in the 80's he borrowed and lost MILLIONS...then declared bankruptcy to have it all wiped out and paid for by YOU so he can borrow millions again 🤣🤣

    • @consumerdebtchitchat
      @consumerdebtchitchat 2 роки тому

      @@KBTadieh That is so true Kwame. People always conveniently forget that.

  • @willardchi2571
    @willardchi2571 3 роки тому +1

    If they forgive student loans now, who forgives student loans for high school kids who will be going to college next year? If you say they'll just forgive loans for all future students, too. Then why not just make college free and be done with it? COLLEGE USED TO BE FREE, THEN CAME REAGANOMICS.

  • @serge.l.1897
    @serge.l.1897 3 роки тому +11

    Yeah, students all voted for crazy Joe, they heard his promises and they bought it. What a bunch of minions. 🤣

  • @denisehansen1399
    @denisehansen1399 3 роки тому +15

    Good show, love both of these folks. Dave Ramsey is full of common sense, a rare treat these days.

  • @realtalk7547
    @realtalk7547 3 роки тому +25

    Government generally does not make anything cheaper. They just shift the cost to another at a higher price. That in part is why college is so steep.

    • @brianmccain8818
      @brianmccain8818 3 роки тому

      To decrease the price of college, get the government out of backing student loans for any amount. And don't defer payments till after graduation. Then you'll see demand go way down and the schools will adjust.

    • @realtalk7547
      @realtalk7547 3 роки тому

      @@brianmccain8818 You are right on the money. Government all to often creates a moral hazard to wit schools won't act responsibly.

  • @needhelpwaquaregiadrop562
    @needhelpwaquaregiadrop562 2 роки тому +1

    So does getting a deduction EVERY YEAR for EVERY KID and a child tax credit be something I should be screaming about? I don't have kids. Not everyone wins every time. Let me mention all the corporate tax breaks, church tax breaks and every other break I've never received!!

  • @berlintapondjou3744
    @berlintapondjou3744 3 роки тому +3

    Overpaying for anything is STUPID. 😅

  • @gregorycross2200
    @gregorycross2200 3 роки тому +8

    College has always been free in America , 6 years military service will pay for law school or medical school

    • @miawarren8735
      @miawarren8735 3 роки тому +1

      Not during the Obama administration. My husband signed up for college benefits though the US Air Force. He passed it on for our daughter before he retired and Obama canceled it. So we got nothing, not even the $ 1,600 dollars we put into it back.

    • @gregorycross2200
      @gregorycross2200 3 роки тому +2

      @@miawarren8735 that's not the same program, that's the GI bill , if you go to a recruiter and take some test and pass they will pay you E5 pay all through school as a reservists and pay for every penny of school books papers pens etc. When you finish you agree to serve a total of 10 years 6 years active and 4 years reserve you will owe nothing. The only issues with some folks , you cant have an art degree or any other non sense degree . Then they have programs that will pay your degree off if you will sign up for remote areas that are in need of Doctors , engineers teachers and other actual degrees that are in need in rural areas . The problem is we dont have children that have been taught hard work and sacrifice and how to work for their next generation of family, so that generations are paid for by their hard work .....

    • @ajac4093
      @ajac4093 3 роки тому

      You are right. Who wouldn't love to go fight over sea for oil under the false pretexts of fighting for liberty? No thanks moron.

  • @bernardkupilikjr512
    @bernardkupilikjr512 3 роки тому +9

    Student Loan forgiveness doesn't forgive the loan. It just transfers the loan to those who never asked for the loan, agreed to pay back the loan or gained any benefit from the loan

    • @zarach9459
      @zarach9459 3 роки тому

      That is correct, the debt will now be paid by the citizens of the United States who will get worse public services, more tax burden and greater difficulties in obtaining medical attention, because the money that would be used for those things has been used to pay for the studies of inept young people. that despite knowing what they were getting into when applying for loans, they did it anyway.

  • @carly2981
    @carly2981 3 роки тому +6

    Expensive and useless , why to pay all this $$$$ for your kids to be indoctrinated ,

    • @googleuser868
      @googleuser868 3 роки тому

      It's free indoctrination if you get enough grants.

    • @superchuck3259
      @superchuck3259 3 роки тому

      @@googleuser868 Tax payers pay the grant funds too!

  • @killercage534
    @killercage534 2 роки тому +4

    This didn’t age well

    • @kensmith2796
      @kensmith2796 2 роки тому

      When would Dave Ramsey's advice ever age well? He tells people to pay off their debts based on balance amounts ignoring the interest rates.

  • @Elior1030
    @Elior1030 2 роки тому +1

    I am sure those reporters don't make less than $20 per hour. That's why they talk like that.
    Their parents were able to afford tuition.

  • @benclark1376
    @benclark1376 3 роки тому +8

    Take a look at how much these college coaches make per year. Millions per year. Think about that for a second. A coach makes 7 figures a year. How do you think they pay for that. Students. Not fans that watch the team's.

  • @jpete3027666
    @jpete3027666 3 роки тому +6

    College is great for some people that end up with great careers that pay well. Tuition costs have been inflated for at least 20 years. It’s time for a major market reset of the whole scam. People refer to Europe and free college as the model. What they don’t tell you is that in Europe they don’t tell every kid to go to college. In Switzerland they support trade schools just as much as college so the entire country doesn’t end up saturated with useless college degrees and not enough skilled workers, like we have in the US.

  • @carolynduggan7366
    @carolynduggan7366 3 роки тому +7

    Absolutely . I put myself through college by working 3 jobs & took out student loans which I paid off. Trade School is a great choice.

    • @jake10cool
      @jake10cool 2 роки тому

      I am a female of 60 years. I joined the Navy & served 20 years. I get medical from Naval Medical Center in San Diego CA

  • @jimmylegs06
    @jimmylegs06 3 роки тому +2

    No loans
    no car payments
    rental property(s)
    Bitcoin.
    This is the way

  • @HughButler-lb6zs
    @HughButler-lb6zs 7 місяців тому +1

    I have a four year degree. If I had it to do.over I would be a truck driver. I.would have made a lot more money and would have been self employed.

  • @mikepotter4141
    @mikepotter4141 3 роки тому +18

    Listening to Dave Ramsey has more value than 4 years of college.

    • @bric9244
      @bric9244 3 роки тому

      He's a creep. Read my comment latest comment.

    • @mikepotter4141
      @mikepotter4141 3 роки тому

      @@bric9244 that's one of my favorite songs.
      I'm not looking into dating him. To me he is relevant, useful, encouraging, on point. I could say way more positive things. He spends his time saving people. I'm not aware of any creep signal from my end. If he bothers you I would figure that problem out. If he's guilty of some crime I would be the wrong person to report it to.

    • @bric9244
      @bric9244 3 роки тому

      It's not about dating him.... He got caught disciplining and "counseling" his employees that were in romantic relationships and living together while not married. He creates an invasive, hostile work environment. And he thinks because you work for him that he has control over your life (religion, sexual activity etc). He has even tried to control his staff's finances, and threatened all.of his staff when someone leaked details of the abuse. Besides, this idiot claims eating a strict diet of canned beans can make you "rich". He's a scammer and an abuser.

    • @mikepotter4141
      @mikepotter4141 3 роки тому

      @@bric9244 we better fight for their right to quit working for him. My wife is abusive as well she thinks I should be the person who takes out the trash just because I married her. But I admit the gains are better from the sacrifice. The relationship between employer and employee is like a marriage but professional. The dating process is the interview and probation period of monitoring. To the best of my knowledge it's common for employers to make demands on personal appearance and behavior. Many still demand no tattoos exposed. Your're essentially in their home and like most people you maintain personal choice on who you allow in your home.
      Part of being employed by a person who makes money sharing advice and direction in life is reflecting a belief or practice in it. Wearing the example like a uniform. If his behavior is inappropriate or intolerable those individuals he is victimizing should have choice.
      Do you listen to him or just about him? Financial freedom is what he is giving people. I probably would hate working for him and love the income, who knows? Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

    • @bric9244
      @bric9244 3 роки тому

      @@mikepotter4141 I had a US Navy Commander who recommended his book to us, he went as far as buying all of us a copy and advising we follow his rules. Under the leadership of that Naval Commander, I was religiously prosecuted, hazed, harassed (sexually and verbally), stalked and they even attempted to retaliate against me for filing a report. Eventually, I got out at the end of my contract. People brain-washed by the cult of Dave Ramsey are monsters, and I hate that they give Christianity a bad name.

  • @phobicismist5858
    @phobicismist5858 3 роки тому +4

    People seem to have forgotten that throughout his administration, Obama repeatedly touted "if you don't have a college degree, you won't have a job in the future." Unfortunately, a lot of people believed him, rushed out and got 'less than useful' degrees, and have since been struggling to pay for them. Maybe with the money he's made on book deals, etc., BO could chip in? Credit where credit is due BO, no pun intended.

    • @superchuck3259
      @superchuck3259 3 роки тому +2

      BO stinks and still is in power, who do you think talks in JBs ear
      F J B

  • @sippingtea4743
    @sippingtea4743 3 роки тому +7

    My kids cash flowed their 4 year degrees in 4 years and left my house with $20,000 of their own money debt free.

  • @charlesc4255
    @charlesc4255 3 роки тому +2

    I got accepted into a few universities after high school, but in the end decided to go the community college route and transfer to a local university afterwards. At that time, this was what made most sense, financially. My family simply did not have the means to send me to the other universities I wanted to attend. I worked 3 jobs throughout college, paid as I go, and was lucky enough to finish debt free. Didn’t use a dime of my parents money! I may NOT be able to tell people that I graduated from a famous university, but I CAN tell people that I make a decent living and am able to allocate a good portion of my income to savings/personal use, rather than student debt. I know these famous schools may be the more tempting choice, but sometimes you have to consider you/your family’s financial situation and make decisions from there. I know life choices aren’t a always based on money, but just telling my story.

  • @KJ-xe1zn
    @KJ-xe1zn 3 роки тому +11

    Take Dana's advice and look into a good trade job; plumber, welder/fabricator, even a mechanic is a good career.

    • @tavroaar8173
      @tavroaar8173 3 роки тому

      Not everyone wants to be that and not everyone is fit for that. Also with technology advancing some of those jobs will disappear . That is not the future.

    • @johnmartin4641
      @johnmartin4641 3 роки тому

      The biggest economic problem we have as a country is that most people fall into one of two extreme beliefs:
      1. Go to college and get any degree including gender studies and you will be successful.
      2. Don’t go to college at all and go into the trades.
      Both are wrong. People should go to college because they will be successful IF they pick the right major. If you major in business administration, you will make a lot more than the jobs you mentioned over the course of your career. If you major in gender studies, then you’re just better off not going to college.

  • @philipneri9482
    @philipneri9482 3 роки тому +9

    Glad you stuck it out Daegan, and for your Dad’s boot, that’s love! Your a blessing..appreciate your honesty and no nonsense style!

    • @lisa-wr4wl
      @lisa-wr4wl 3 роки тому

      It is estimated that student loans in themselves quadruple the cost of education.

  • @anunnakimenagerie
    @anunnakimenagerie 3 роки тому +4

    Even if you have a major that makes sense, only about half of your classes will even be in that major. Just to get the degree required by that industry, you will be forced to take a bunch of useless "core curriculum" requirements.

  • @amiman23
    @amiman23 3 роки тому +25

    My dad was collage educated but it didn't help him to live a sober life.

    • @hadenanderson563
      @hadenanderson563 3 роки тому

      Yikes.

    • @knitwit7082
      @knitwit7082 3 роки тому +1

      I am sorry about your dad. I have a son who is an addict. I know.the pain it brings to the entire family. However, being educated is not causative or preventative for addiction. Addiction is a genetic predisposition that can happen to anyone in any walk of life.
      I pray your dad gets the help he needs and can live a sober, healthy life. I know what a struggle it is. 💔

    • @thebaptist3585
      @thebaptist3585 3 роки тому

      That’s what college does to some people, live in the world and become “caught “ by any means necessary. Listen to the masses, suffer like the masses. Knowledge, good or evil, will always cost.

    • @John--
      @John-- 3 роки тому

      In his defense, nothing really helps you live a sober life.

    • @bludeuce3855
      @bludeuce3855 3 роки тому

      so was mine but it helped him find a good job

  • @vincenttiene
    @vincenttiene 2 роки тому +1

    I think Student Loan Forgiveness is unfair. However, we could help students by set a 0% interest on all existing student loans.

  • @quitusmaximus4664
    @quitusmaximus4664 3 роки тому +2

    Never had student loans - the Marine Corps paid my tuition - open to anyone that wants to serve. Local trade schools are looking for people and they will pay 100% of your tuition - books - fees if you work for the company for some years afterward. If your degrees ends in the word "Studies" you are not going to get a job that pays more than minimum wage.

  • @5crownsoutreach
    @5crownsoutreach 3 роки тому +22

    Yea, you need a specific track with either government and military with a four year if it will amount to anything worthwhile. But the trades have always been rock-solid career tracks.

    • @lisa-wr4wl
      @lisa-wr4wl 3 роки тому

      It is estimated that student loans in themselves quadruple the cost of education.

    • @staceystrukel1917
      @staceystrukel1917 3 роки тому

      Not for women.

  • @blackpine4517
    @blackpine4517 3 роки тому +5

    There is a fix for adding additional college debt but not a single politician has ever brought it up. Not Republicans or Democrats. Lowering the cost of college would take about ten years and some would close at a faster rate than now. Would also limit the amount of college degrees. A great amount of funding comes from overseas. If Congress cut these few things colleges would have to offer more lucrative degrees and cut nonproductive staff. But both democrats and republicans receive a great deal of funding from these universities and absolutely will not cross them.

    • @superchuck3259
      @superchuck3259 3 роки тому

      Making die hard marxists and socialists and communists work, that will never fly!

  • @NoName-tx5gn
    @NoName-tx5gn 3 роки тому +3

    We took the initiative to pay down our debt during this forbearance. We started with 93K in Jan 2021 and we will be out of debt by March 2022 and bought a house in the middle of it! Best advice I can give you is drive the cheapest (safe) car with wheels you can find. Both of our cars were less than $4,000 total and we bought them this year.

    • @A_lantsov
      @A_lantsov 3 роки тому

      What car brands do you find to be the most reliable?

    • @NoName-tx5gn
      @NoName-tx5gn 3 роки тому +1

      @@A_lantsov Honda over Toyota in my experience. We’ve had a Corolla and Highlander poop out at 180K. I’ve had a pilot go to 348K, CRV at 220K and currently have a civic at 210K. All three original everything expect new AC in civic at 200K

  • @benelevate449
    @benelevate449 3 роки тому +1

    Dave hasn't done his homework here. PSLF is on track to deliver over $120 billion in the next 10 years, and forgiveness granted has grown over 700% year over year. The early applicants were never expected to be successful, and now even they are getting their loans forgiven.
    Telling people to overpay on loans on track to be forgiven through a contract is just negligent.

  • @kloughman100
    @kloughman100 3 роки тому +2

    I just retired from teaching chemistry at the high school level and I used to tell my students that not every student needs to go to college! It totally went against the push from everyone there, but I didn’t want to see my students disabled with mountains of debt when I knew them better than most people in that building and knew that at THAT point of time in their lives, they were not ready for college (and this was only a few, not all of my students!). Over the past 25 years I saw a huge change in the push for kids to go to college and it really bothered me

    • @consumerdebtchitchat
      @consumerdebtchitchat 2 роки тому

      The problem is we don't teach kids how to financialy prepare for college. And then to make a business decision on whether or not they should go.

  • @KevXRDuke
    @KevXRDuke 3 роки тому +7

    I have an 11 year old son. I am not going to push college on him. Unless he has a valid reason to go. Right now it looks like he is going to follow in my footsteps and go to culinary school. Hopefully the CIA or Johnson and Wales. He also wants to be a state trooper or go into the military. Right now I wouldn't want him to go down that road. Maybe in the future.

  • @ljones98391
    @ljones98391 3 роки тому +3

    There was a time in the 1980's where most businesses would indeed hire anyone who had a 4yr. degree in anything over another applicant without a degree. My thought is this was where the push for college among the masses began. It was after that college costs soared to unbelievable heights.

  • @TERMIN8TOR99
    @TERMIN8TOR99 3 роки тому +5

    I have a GED, 10 years Navy, now Millwright, making 150k plus.

  • @SA-tr5lv
    @SA-tr5lv 3 роки тому +3

    I am a university professor and I TOTALLY agree. I will encourage my family to look at the trades and be useful. I also would probably have done it if I had it to do again. Additionally, leaving the propaganda machines pretending to be educational institutions is always a good idea. Unless you are going to university to train for a PROFESSION (which few degrees do), skip it, and get a trade! You'll be happy, you'll be wanted, and you'll be valuable.

    • @Me-tb8rs
      @Me-tb8rs 3 роки тому

      So what about Doctors and Nurses? We have to go to college. We do not make a lot of money and student loan debt is astronomical! Most developed nation have free education! Whats wrong with this greedy country? Be a plumber? Be useful. Lol what a slap in the face.

    • @SA-tr5lv
      @SA-tr5lv 3 роки тому +1

      @@Me-tb8rs Training to be a doctor or nurse would be a profession...to which I was referring. You just helped support what I was saying. Thank you. As for cost, that was not part of the argument, but I agree that the system for financing training needs some reimagining. I do take issue with your statement that "most developed nations have free education". First nothing is truly free; and second, many do have a tuition cost.

    • @Me-tb8rs
      @Me-tb8rs 3 роки тому

      @@SA-tr5lv I apologize, I misread your initial comment. We do agree on that point. Although there are costs, Im sure that they dont compare to this country. This country should most certainly have free education, at least a 2 year degree. Most of us who seek higher education are set up for financial ruin before we can graduate. We are part of a selfish, capitalist society that claims to be the heroes of the world yet dont want to help one another.

    • @SA-tr5lv
      @SA-tr5lv 3 роки тому +1

      @@Me-tb8rs I agree the costs are high. However, I do not agree that capitalism is the problem. A tool misused does not make the tool bad. Capitalism is not perfect, but it does allow the most opportunity and freedom. I have lived in countries that have been under communist rule. They are a disaster and everyone lives in poverty and ruin. A medical degree there means compelled work for nothing and the work it took to get there yields little. Yea, helping people as a physician or nurse has its rewards, but humans need to see the fruits of their labors. We need to see progress. No other system provides that. PS-communism never works. No one can point to an example that does and when they think they have, a closer look reveals that country to be capitalist ...just with more and higher taxes. A better solution is to fix the great system we have and encourage people to stop looking for handouts. An ideal system will allow all to work for their goals and still see their progress.

  • @jaket.9193
    @jaket.9193 3 роки тому +2

    Ive worked for a government entity for the last 16 years. I did not qualify for PSLF so i snowballed my student loan. Now im one step closer to being debt free.