Subj : Re: Y'all or Ya'll?
To   : Arelor
From : Gamgee
Date : Thu Jul 20 2023 07:37:00

-=> Arelor wrote to Gamgee <=-

 > Perhaps, but that brings up ethical questions...  Why should a loan
 > company get to decide what your kid can major in?  That's none of their

 Ar> Well, if you don't have the funds to begin with, you depend on a
 Ar> third party tohelp you out.

Well, yes.  That's what we've been talking about...  But my question 
was:  why does that third party get to decide what you (or your kid) is 
allowed to study?

 Ar> Maybe the big problem is we as a society have decided to buy a
 Ar> lot of things on debt, including University degrees, thus
 Ar> skyrocketing prices.

 Ar> People around me is taking loans to pay their vacations. Think
 Ar> about that.

 Ar> Maybe it is not a bad thing that the debt tap gets tightened a
 Ar> little so peoplestarts saving and paying from their savings
 Ar> instead of depending on the debt system. Lots of things we buy on
 Ar> debt are expensive just because they are paid with debt.

All very true, and quite sad.



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