tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429197454576425211.post1409791587901847250..comments2023-06-23T08:23:34.894-04:00Comments on The Pipe and Grumble: Reading The Hunger Games feels like Reading Tomorrow’s NewspaperWinstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17975027530244662003noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429197454576425211.post-64070557973375389242011-11-24T13:00:41.053-05:002011-11-24T13:00:41.053-05:00Betsy, there is always hope. Reach for anger rathe...Betsy, there is always hope. Reach for anger rather than despair. As more and more people see the mess we're in, the "higher education bubble" is bound to collapse just like the housing and tech bubbles did, and attempts to collect these loans will become as impossible for education lenders as it is for banks trying to pull themselves out of the foreclosure crisis.Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17975027530244662003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429197454576425211.post-75558238685026374712011-11-23T15:00:32.430-05:002011-11-23T15:00:32.430-05:00Haven't read the books but agree with the rest...Haven't read the books but agree with the rest of the post. Although facing massive student debt when you're 45 is even more daunting than at 25, as in my husband's case. We thought him going back to school to finish his degree and get a "real" job was the right thing to do. Now his prospects for finding employment at a living wage is worse than when we started this path 5 years ago, and we're further in debt. We have no hope.Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06961949757283263982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429197454576425211.post-20230663005681545682011-11-23T13:13:43.560-05:002011-11-23T13:13:43.560-05:00Wow, RichardK! That's the first time I've ...Wow, RichardK! That's the first time I've ever seen/heard a "boomer" take responsibility for the generation's downfalls! (Probably will be the last, since both of my boomer parents have their heads so far up in the clouds that they'd never see it.) <br />I, for one, opted out of going to college near the middle of my senior year of high school Granted, I was planning on going to art school, and I didn't really have all of my ducks in a row...The main reason I decided against was the cost and knowing that I'd be in debt for the rest of my life. Experiences have made me who I am, and it looks like the future of survival has much more in store.The problem is, the cost may be so much more than any of us can pay.<br />Thanks for this great post, Winston!Renee of the Faehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13081022805749169331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429197454576425211.post-6555644926546111722011-11-23T13:13:27.600-05:002011-11-23T13:13:27.600-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Renee of the Faehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13081022805749169331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429197454576425211.post-47037097088592496682011-11-22T15:08:23.346-05:002011-11-22T15:08:23.346-05:00Gosh, I thought I was the only one feeling like th...Gosh, I thought I was the only one feeling like that. It does seem odd that the "smart" kids are the ones choosing not to wrack up student debts. I rather agree with the idea of not participating in debt-creating education, which is ironic because I work for a local college.<br /><br />Against my better judgement, I took a children's literature class, this Summer. The reading list was composed of dystopian, doom-and-gloom books in the "banned book" category. THIS is the stuff kids -- the ones who read, anyway -- are choosing, perhaps because it resembles their vision of the future.MTCoalhopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08340714747359998522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429197454576425211.post-39689813727139533982011-11-21T18:23:22.504-05:002011-11-21T18:23:22.504-05:00The amazing thing, with 0.1% of the American publi...The amazing thing, with 0.1% of the American public controlling 50% of the capital gains, is that the ordinary rank-and-file American sees no problem with what's going on! We started this path with Reagan's trickle-down and it's just continued. Boy, I don't know how to reverse it. Avaricious corporations farming out work overseas for bigger quarterly and annual profits. How I'd pay twice for so many things I buy if they'd just last, and could be repaired! My father was an engineer and designer, and he lectured me for years on the difference between design for discard and design for repair. Design for discard is cheaper to manufacture. I put myself through college in the seventies and eighties. Took a bunch of years, but I did it. It's so discouraging to young people now. I'm a Baby Boomer and I absolutely think my generation is the one that screwed us up. RichardK/TexasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com