Biden reportedly set to announce student loan forgiveness plan that would cost taxpayers billions.

@MarkPaul Figures since you are a right winger and a corporatist. And got to love the 40 year old Reagan era cliches.

Like every right winger you don't know what an investment is.

Good to know you support predatory lending.


You are right about one thing, it doesn't change high tuition but it solves the short term issue. It doesn't reward those who get in over their heads though (although I know you believe education is for the wealthy) but it does reward for profit education like all American for profit structures that exploit the working class and poor.


Probably the only bit you got right.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Mathematics is obviously not something you know about either along with many other things since in your own analysis (or should we just jump to calling it a failed prediction?) I got 2 things right: 1). It doesn't change high tuition; 2). Doing nothing is not a solution either. 1 + 1 = 2. Now, let's dig into the topic with some expert insight to contrast with your top-of-mind hysterics.

I certainly know a thing or two about investing. As a professional investor for many years, I know that ground zero is knowing what you can afford. It doesn't make a difference whether it is stock, land, or education. When you enter into an agreement to be fronted money, you pay it back. As a potential future venture capitalist, I certainly expect those whom I invest in to honour their commitments to pay me back. I have no use for whiny brats who claim, it's too expensive and too hard to pay back for something they agreed to do in the first place.

Yes, education is important. I am a proponent of education and have gratitude for my education. But, I don't enter into it lightly or with the intention of trying to get something for nothing. How about respect for honesty and hard work?

I hope you have learned something here.

@MarkPaul Reddit economics memes have nothing to do with math. Like all right wingers you don't understand the basic concept of investment.


Back to lying about credentials you don't have.


And good job proving me right that you have no idea what you are talking about. Investing and predatory loans are not the same thing. This is high school econo 101 level shit.

I hope you don't try investment because based on your post here you will lose everything.



Spoken like an entitled wealthy brat who thinks others should have to suffer financial ruin to "earn" what was handed to you.

You have nothing to teach anyone.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow I think you are missing the point. And...

1. I am not a "right winger."
2. I know the difference between investing and predatory loans. But, I also know that when you sign your name to a contract, you honour it.
3. I recognize that not everyone has access to the funds for schooling. We all have to work for it, one way or another.

Instead of wanting to solve the problem (the high cost of education) you want to throw hand-out money to make the problem go away... from public view. You don't understand the first thing about solving social problems. As a community activist, I do.

@MarkPaul Again, that is your issue not mine.

You are a right winger. I don't care if you don't understand the basics of politics. Your ignorance is not my issue.


You have proven you have no idea what predatory loans or investments are.


And of course you double down and prove yet again you have no idea what you are talking about.




And more bullshit proving you have no idea what you are talking about. And you are no community activist. You are a naive right winger.

@MarkPaul Oh and congrats, you are now officially in line politically with Marjorie Taylor Greene as well as Tucker Carlson.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Your knowledge of political labels comes from the Reagan rhetoric era. Perhaps it is time I inform you it's 2022... the 1980's have been gone for... like... 40 years. You need an update.

You obviously have no sense or comprehension of contracts and personal responsibility to signed commitments. Shame on you.

It's as though you never stepped foot inside university or any type of academic institution. Why not at least crack a textbook so you speak from a voice of reason? If I was your advisor I would suggest you start with one of those Entering into Loan Agreements for dummies to get up to speed.

And, Marjorie Taylor-Greene, Tucker Carlson, Alex Jones and Cry-Baby-trump are mentors of yours, not mine. I'm an ironclad Moderate.

@MarkPaul Lol. Pathetic. You have no idea what you are talking about and just desperately trying to parrot something I said in a different context to try an pretend like you know something.


Again, this is not outdated concepts. It is the very basic foundation that all political analysis is based on. And political science is not going to be rewritten just because you want to be edgy.

It is totally in keeping for a narcissist like you that you expect an entire field reinvent itself to cater to your whims though.


Again, the only person who doesn't understand predatory loans or investment is you, and you have proven that repeatedly.


Lol, you clearly have not even a high school level understanding of the most basic of things so please don't insult academics by pretending to be one.



And again all of those people are right wing extremists like you. Then again not understanding how politics works fits since that seems to be a requirement for the American right so you fit right in.

You don't like being compared to the far right? Quit parroting them. Very simple.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow This from the guy who uses the tactics of rightwing nuts who are desperate for attention. I offer your own advice with an important twist: if you don't like being compared to the far right, stop acting like them.

I know you hold a low regard for anyone who is less than your age, but when someone of any age at an adult stage enters into an Agreement, signs their name to it, and promises to pay money back in exchange for getting their hands on borrowed money, they have an obligation to honour that Agreement. At the point when that is no longer expected or required (as you seem to be advocating), society as we know it breaks down. You see, people are not as stupid as you claim they are. They know what they are doing and signing. And, they are doing it on their own volition. Maybe they need to learn how to work and budget so they can pay back their loans instead of expecting me to foot their bill.

I think I have done a good job of putting in the work to achieve academic success. And, all your anti-establishment screeds steeped in 1980's rhetoric doesn't diminish that. I hope you will take that under advisement when you question my accomplishments, my integrity, and my intentions in sharing my expertise.

@MarkPaul Again, more lies. Then again you prove daily you don't even know what left and right is or even basic political concepts. So it makes sense your comment makes zero sense.


I have low regard for arrogant narcissists with nothing to back up their massive ego like you.



Again, don't insult academics by pretending to be something you are not. It is an insult to those who actually did the work.


And again, entire fields of study are not going to reinvent everything to cater to your ignorance. Sad that you are that entitled and narcissistic.

Not unlike the right wingers like yourself trying to change the teaching of history to conform to their feelings.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow My idea is to fix the reason for high tuition costs not simply to throw money at the problem like you are suggesting which solves nothing in the long or short term.

I have worked hard to reach the highest levels of scholarship and I think I have done a good job of proving my bona fides.

@MarkPaul No, as always you support the status quo and those that profit off it.

And good job proving you have no idea what you are talking about.


But as long as your friends at the bank can bleed people dry you are happy.


And again, you can quit lying about your credentials.

All you have done is prove conclusively you are a liar and a fraud.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Well, I don't have any banker friends, tbh. I like how you avoid the fact that legal age people signed contracts to borrow and pay back money and now that it's difficult to do the pay-back part they want me to pay their way. It reminds me of Cry-Baby-trump who is always the victim. You are the same way.

I've worked for all my accomplishments. It seems like you have been coddled with participation trophies that have stunted your sense of personal responsibility. I find that sad.

@MarkPaul Lol. Than why are you such a shill?

Again, you are trying to change the subject to a totally irrelevant point.


By your logic a contract with the mob should be legally enforced too. Because context is irrelevant to you.


And you speak like someone who is a trust fund kid who had everything handed to them.


More and more I get the feeling you are some rich guy's fail son.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow I know what it takes to work for a living wage. I just happen to believe in personal responsibility. It's shocking but within your character to dance around that idea of personal responsibility. I guess you just want to sit back behind your nice white picket fence and collect money to shove colossal buckets of KFC down your throat. Well, it's time you start footing your own bills instead of expecting others to do it for you.

And, I'm not failing. In case you didn't know I am a scholar.

@MarkPaul Clearly you do not. And clearly you think preying on the working class is something to be admired and rewarded.


And personal responsibility. That right wing buzzword again. Good job, you are now in the same group as Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene.

And wow. Really? Just recycled Reagan's welfare queen bullshit?


You are a clown and a fraud. You have proven you are no scholar of any kind.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow I am trying to give you ever benefit of the doubt that is reasonable. I suggest you not continue to take my kindness for granted. I am making my own way and you have the audacity to imply I am doing otherwise. I can assure you, you have no idea what you are talking about, let alone doing.

@MarkPaul No, you are peddling right wing bullshit as always.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Well, I don't like you accusing me of not being a self-starter.

@MarkPaul The truth hurts.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Well, I don't fit the profile of what you are pedaling. You just don't seem to like anyone who thinks for himself, comes from an academic oriented background, and has community activism in his own rights. Well, I'm sorry to inform you, but that's basically my beat as a journalist. It's what I cover. It's who I am.

@MarkPaul No, I just have zero patience for right wing frauds and liars.

And again please do not insult real journalists by pretending to be one. Very stolen valour of you.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow I'm beginning to think you have no idea what "right wing" even means, now and in the past. As practically an educator in my own right, I feel obligated to teach you, but you don't seem to be open to anyone who doesn't have a crazy beard and a youtube channel, while claiming to be some kind of fringe left wrinkled t-shirt economist.

@MarkPaul I know exactly what it means. You dismiss it because it doesn't conform with your feelings.

And you are so entitled and arrogant you expect the terminology of an entire field of study to change to match your emotions.


You are clearly not an educator and don't even have the basic fundamentals.

You are like someone claiming to be a mechanic and have no idea what an internal combustion engine even is.

I call you a fraud because you consistently prove yourself to be a fraud.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow I am professionally trained to keep my bias in check. So, in answer to your first charge: Not guilty.

I hardly am entitled. I don't even know where you are getting that idea from. I'm practically a community activist and organizer. And, I didn't say I was an educator. I'm sorry if you misinterpreted my clear statement on my status in that regard. Let's face it, you misinterpret a lot.