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Maybe try to be happy for those having their financial burdens eased just a bit vs being concerned over what you're not getting out of the deal.

Yeah, let's just all be happy. Let's also be happy for those of us who will now have a financial burden, because we are picking up the bill for those who now have their financial burdens eased?

Let's be real...this isn't about being concerned over what "we're" not getting out of the deal. It's about not addressing the real issues. It's punishing the wrong people monetarily, and not holding the right people, systems, and entities accountable.

But whatevs - let's just all be happy. That's what our government wants. Give me your hard earned money so I can turn it into more problems, and we can all be happy...

Funny how we never hear a big stink when the truly wealthy get the tax breaks, or corporations. But man, give something to the little guy and everyone loses their shit.

Middle class picking up the tab for the wealthy again. After he just raised taxes on them with the inflation bill which doesn’t stop inflation.

National Socialist like Biden are clowns

Didn't know I was "wealthy" until this news came out yesterday, just hilarious

How I feel today now that I'm wealthy

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Funny how we never hear a big stink when the truly wealthy get the tax breaks, or corporations. But man, give something to the little guy and everyone loses their shit.

Northern democrats are pushing for SALT cap increases which only benefit the top 1% or the truly wealthy…and increasing IRS size which will overwhelmingly target small business, working and middle class. And they just raised taxes on them as well as energy prices.

Democrats spending lead to this inflation and energy prices increases as well…they are still spending without regard to the economic environment

Funny how we never hear a big stink when the truly wealthy get the tax breaks, or corporations. But man, give something to the little guy and everyone loses their shit.

There's a difference between "losing your shit", and just wanting your government to fix the real problems, rather than just constantly throwing money at them.

The tax code is a problem. No news there. Those who have the lawyers and accountants to find all the loop holes are at a big advantage. One more thing we have all been wanting our awesome government to fix for y e a r s...but here we are...

Shouldn’t we be tackling the cost of going to college? This doesn’t fix a fucking thing. Middle and working class paying off debt for the people who make the most, disgraceful.

“Paying fair share”…maybe the college and universities sitting on large endowment should be taxed and the money returned to fund increasing tuition cost? That’s fair right? Fair share and all

Tuition costs have definitely become outrageous. Looking back now I have serious second thoughts on whether going to graduate school was worth it. But there's such an emphasis on education in this country vs learning a trade. Wish more options were presented back in high school. If your grades were good you were pushed towards college and trade school wasn't even mentioned as a viable alternative.

Tuition costs have definitely become outrageous. Looking back now I have serious second thoughts on whether going to graduate school was worth it. But there's such an emphasis on education in this country vs learning a trade. Wish more options were presented back in high school. If your grades were good you were pushed towards college and trade school wasn't even mentioned as a viable alternative.

I knew there was something we could agree on. I agree with every word of this post. :towel:

Tuition costs have definitely become outrageous. Looking back now I have serious second thoughts on whether going to graduate school was worth it. But there's such an emphasis on education in this country vs learning a trade. Wish more options were presented back in high school. If your grades were good you were pushed towards college and trade school wasn't even mentioned as a viable alternative.

You do know that forgiving debt drives up the costs even more. Will look up the study but the main reason for the massive drive up in graduate and post graduate costs over the last 30 years was the easy access/flooding of government money (thru loans and grants).

College costs are just insane.

Wish State schools took more in state students vs prioritizing out of state tuition. You live in Maryland but UMD defers you bc they prioritize out of state tuitions from NJ/NY. Flip side, Nj/NY kid gets deferred by Rutgers bc they prioritize out of state tuitions from MD.

So NJ/NY kid pays 50k a year to go to MD, MD kid pays 50k a year to go to Rutgers.

Colleges get more money. Student lenders get more money.

Parents and kids get straddled with decades of debt.

I know we all cant be born into the billionaire Swanson food family but at least we should take their advice on "boot straps" and "hard work" from them.

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College costs and health care .... we need some real solutions. College cant just be for the elite and international.

Our kids get told to go to community college for 2 years .. so rich out of state and international kids can enjoy the "american college experience".

One easy practical step

Increase annual amount the 529 funds can be used. Currently in Maryland its 10k per year. 10k isnt a door opener when our kids have to go to Rutgers for 50k a year bc out in state school de prioritizes us.

Just increase it to 20k a year. Then have riders that increase it by 1k every year.