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I don't know what "you can do for your country" means

Posted on: February 25, 2020 at 09:57:08 CT

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or who decides what it means.

But you know that's one of the arguments for supporting debt cancellation/transferring the burden to taxpayers. It's best for the health of the country to wipe out these debts.

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I'm a Bernie supporter because... - JeffB MU

- 2/25 09:40:42

my son came out of med school with less debt than that(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 2/25 11:09:28

in what year (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 2/25 11:09:48

2014(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 2/25 11:10:55

She is likely not employable. Students with that degree - DollarSigns MU - 2/25 10:27:41

Doesn't she just LOOK like a liberal?(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 2/25 10:17:37

Wonder where she went on spring break? (nm) - Tigrrrr! MU

- 2/25 10:14:31

So full of hate. sad for you(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 2/25 10:06:00

How are you coming on funding my kids’ college tuition? - MIZ45 MU - 2/25 10:45:38

Rationally explain why we should pay the debt - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 2/25 10:09:13

Actually it could cover it. My daughter got one and could - GA Tiger MU - 2/25 10:16:50

For ras, I'd allow even an irrational explanation. Better - GA Tiger MU - 2/25 10:15:08

My best rational thought - meatiger MU - 2/25 10:14:44

So do we bail out business owners who enter into bad deals? - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 2/25 10:17:26

Exactly. People need to be responsible and think through the - JeffB MU

- 2/25 11:40:40

Uh, when interest rates are around 10%, a - GA Tiger MU - 2/25 10:22:00

What are you saying... under those situations we should - JeffB MU

- 2/25 11:37:31

Speech language pathology is far from a useless degree(nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 2/25 10:02:30

It's not worth 226k. - RHAYWORTH MU - 2/25 10:07:57

RE: It's not worth 226k. - MrBlueSky MU - 2/25 10:09:19

U do realize, you proved my point? - RHAYWORTH MU - 2/25 10:31:41

She's wants to be a speech pathologist... - Da_Haze KC - 2/25 10:01:57

Found some pretty interesting stuff - meatiger MU - 2/25 09:57:35

Correct, which is why those calling for cancellation - MrBlueSky MU - 2/25 09:59:09

Government has screwed this up big time, as per usual, so... - JeffB MU

- 2/25 11:51:00

Don't take my post in any way - meatiger MU - 2/25 10:04:24

I didn't. Unlimited loans from the gov't should be - MrBlueSky MU - 2/25 10:06:16

RE: Correct, which is why those calling for cancellation - 90Tiger STL - 2/25 10:01:23

Yep. - ummmm MU - 2/25 10:02:32

But the govt is here to protect us... (nm) - ummmm MU - 2/25 10:01:10

Universities make money. Easy to appeal to the - MrBlueSky MU - 2/25 10:05:34

Yeah, people were fooled once again. (nm) - ummmm MU - 2/25 10:07:17

Or, Universities took advantage of the gravy train they were - MrBlueSky MU - 2/25 10:08:22

Sounds like defense contractors (nm) - ummmm MU - 2/25 10:09:41

well, unless they are fvcking the poor young people - 90Tiger STL - 2/25 10:01:50

yeah, that's it. She's calling for cancellation on principle - 90Tiger STL - 2/25 10:00:42

Bernie better come up with a retro plan. If he’s... - JayRoy KC - 2/25 09:48:17

Beats working hard and saving money for the many years - ummmm MU - 2/25 09:46:03

Unbelievable(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU

- 2/25 09:45:06

Ask not what your country can do for you...... - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 2/25 09:44:09

If you were to subscribe to that nonsensical quote by JFK, - ummmm MU - 2/25 09:47:22

By what twisted logic do you arrive at that? - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 2/25 09:50:31

I don't know what "you can do for your country" means - ummmm MU - 2/25 09:57:08

I know why people want it - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 2/25 10:00:38

Well, who decides what "you can do for your country" means - ummmm MU - 2/25 10:01:58

As in most cases, we do by electing representatives - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 2/25 10:10:34

Your future representatives may be deciding to cancel a - ummmm MU - 2/25 10:13:31

Yes, that is the danger of the system we have - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 2/25 10:15:38

There are alternatives to dictatorships and tyrannies of the - ummmm MU - 2/25 10:20:37

There are all type of alternatives - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 2/25 10:24:53