The student loan provisions in the president’s budget are too sweet for some many Georgians. I tell you this deal is a game-changer for some many of people who invested in themselves on a positive tip rather than the millions we spend locking up fools who don’t know how to act right or people who ran up their credit cards eating at Applebees seven times a week.
People can listen to that psychobabble from the Far Right but this relief for middle America is grand. Hey, it’s pork when it is the other guy but when it helps me it is invested. “But we are spending our child and grandchildren’s money.” Hey, I can’t afford children because I still have a growing student loan. My child is Sallie Mae.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-l-travis/obama-endorses-student-lo_b_440772.html
I file this under “Sounds Great In Theory”. Unfortunately, practice is often different.
“Hey, it’s pork when it is the other guy but when it helps me it is invested. ” — Actually, it’s pork if attached to a bill that does not necessarily have anything to do with the spending. If it’s part of an actual spending bill, and not considered by someone as appropriate, it’s just mis-spent.
“Hey, I can’t afford children because I still have a growing student loan. ” — Children are serious things. People should plan for them, and the thought “How am I going to pay for them?” should be a critical line item. People need to directly pay for things that they choose in life, including education and children.