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Student Loan amnesty: I think student loan borrowers should have their debt cancelled by doing community service, joining the military or joining the Peace Corps.

Military veterans should be able to attend college free.

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aaaabbbb

I understand what you mean, however, cancelling student loan with community servive will not work as it is in billions of dollars. And my give a wrong message to the masses and abuse will increase.

And why should vetrans get a free pass and not others?

badminton · 61-69, MVIP

@aaaabbbb Veterans have performed a service for the country and risked life and limb. They should be re-paid for that service.

For our future prosperity we need a trained population, skilled in many fields. College must be affordable to the average person, otherwise we have millions permanently stuck in low-paying, dead-end jobs. That is certain to result in social upheaval. It will be very short-sighted of us to fail to invest in education for our people.

aaaabbbb

@badminton i agree that Veteran perorm or give the ultimate service and sacrfices to the nation. However, So do the any law enforcement personal when risking their lives as well as firemen/women professionals. I thought armed forcess already cover tution fees for the active members. The issue comes in when an ordinary citizen of the country who does not have access to also want equal access. The person who joins the armed forces joinses it with his or her own free will. Same as the law enforcement, if every one wants to be preveliaged based on the job duties to the country (all the teachers union and other unions of firefighters and so on with collective bargaining) they all get into the force or job knowing all the risks, than later want pay raise increase that noy everyone gets and taxes are increased to cover.

The point is, we should provide our entire to an educational system where everyone has equal opportuinities. Right now people heading to Private IV league school/colleges get the best of the best education as well ad the top jobs.