Comments on: Average Man Demands Communist Explain Why He Should Be Forced To Pay For His College

By: PBisDONE

PBisDONE — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:06:00 +0000

I have a professional degree and am now retired. I paid 80k for my education. Based on this product of our vastly overrated educational process I am waiting for my refund in the mail… RIGHT?

By: chris

chris — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 02:24:00 +0000

Paul Trombley – You know I watched a movie on how college loans have go to the moon sense 1970. I cannot remember the name of the movie or who suggested I should watch it. One thing I remember about it was in 1970 you could graduate with a four year degree and have about $2000.00 in debt. You then when to work and went into debt for a house. Today your in debt as soon as your out of school never mind getting the house debt. Of course the loans are government as well as banks. I think banks and government are pretty well intertwined at this point.

By: Michael Price

Michael Price — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:13:00 +0000

Well most of the student loan lending is subsidised, so the lending is a subset of the subsidy.

By: Michael Price

Michael Price — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:12:00 +0000

He hasn’t given any evidence that he was screwed by the system. He makes claims that it turns out are wrong, then just says that he wants something so someone else should pay for it. He has no idea what caused the problems and in fact people like him, who want free stuff from the government and don’t stop to realise the effect of giving it, are the primary cause. The interviewer never said the system was not slanted.

By: Paul Trombley

Paul Trombley — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:44:00 +0000

Chris, a positive correlation between two phenomena, A & B, is not itself sufficent to demonstrate that A is a cause of B, or B, a cause of A. Furthermore, you neglected to cite credible evidence which supports your claim, not to mention to state the conclusion that you insinuated. Banal repetition, e.g. “this is a fact”, of the claim doesn’t count.

In fact, while it’s plausible to suppose that the bankers’ lending is a cause of increased college tuition and housing costs, it does not necessarily follow that such lending is responsible for most of the cost increases. It could be that government subsidization, for example, is a greater cause.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:46:00 +0000

Your assertion that the U.S. is not a free market is absolutely correct. I didn’t hear the interviewer expressing anything contrary to that point, however. Can you amplify what makes you conclude that the interviewer thinks the system is not slanted?

By: Jason Calley

Jason Calley — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:12:00 +0000

I agree that the young guy being interviewed had not much of a clue, but the interviewer seemed to me to be equally clueless. IF (and note the capital letters indicating big “if”) the USA were some sort of free market, then the video would have been more understandable. The fact is, tax rates, tax exceptions, legislation, regulations — these are all to greater or smaller extent designed to reward people who buy off politicians and to punish people who have not bought off politicians. In practice, this means that regular, middle class people have no chance to engage the big corporations in free trade and with equality under the law.

The young guy realizes (correctly) that he is screwed by the system, but thinks (wrongly) that the solution is to screw someone else. The interviewer seems to think (wrongly) that the system is not slanted. They are both wrong.

By: Bob Boren

Bob Boren — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:50:00 +0000

One thing that has always cracked me up – the left always talks about how healthcare, energy, or other things they want to control have “skyrocketed” in price, but they never talk about College, which has been just as bad. Guess its OK for their lefty college employee buddies to earn plenty of money and a great pension…….

By: Bob Boren

Bob Boren — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:47:00 +0000

I got a big kick out of this too – LOL.

By: chris

chris — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:08:00 +0000

Once the bankers started lending people currency for college the prices skyrocketed. That is a fact.