Hanaguma

Your article says the average student loan debt is about $30,000. Yet this article says that the average college grad earns $22,000 per year MORE than a high school grad. In total, $800,000 over a lifetime. https://money.com/wage-gap-college-high-school-grads/ So, why can't the person with a $30,000 debt pay it off with their extra $22,000 a year? The numbers just don't add up. Makes a person wonder what the actual motivation is for the scheme. Democrats tend to disdain non-college educated voters, so it makes sense to take from them and give to those that Democrats favour- the so-called elite who have college degrees.

This is gonna cost $300 BILLION, according to the Wharton Business School. If the government has that much cash to throw at education, how about spending it a bit more wisely? For example, means tested scholarships for students who want to learn trades (electrician, plumber, carpenter etc). Scholarships for STEM fields. But loan repayments for people who majored in Womyn's Victimization Studies or Botswanian Tapestry Weaving? Give me a break. But I guess we know the answer. Those kinds of programmes won 't buy votes for the Democrats in the mid terms.

Then why not lower the income threshold to an actual working class level? Say $50,000 per family. But there is no argument that Harvard grads making 6 figures need debt relief more than truckers or service workers.

In what universe does the phrase 'ordinary working Americans' mean households with an annual income of a quarter million dollars?

Yeah, the Senate will be interesting. There are going to be some fun races to watch- Pennsylvania having Fettermann vs. DR Oz. Trust fund baby vs. actual rich guy. Warnock vs. Walker in Georgia- two rather tainted candidates. I wonder if the President will do any actual campaigning for any of his candidates, or even if they actually WANT him to campaign for them.

Where I live inflation has been steady 2%-2.5% for two years. Gas prices have not changed significantly either.

Gas was $2.10 a gallon in January 2021. Now it is $3.90 according to AAA. S and P is up about 8% in the same period- hit a high of 4700 before coming down due to inflation. Inflation 1.4% in January 2021. Now 8%.

Japan as a society has decided to commit slow suicide. Rather than make babies or allow immigration, they would rather die off slowly, but as pure descendents of the Gods. Young people arent interested in dating or relationships as a rule. There is no incentive to do either. The boys I teach seem less and less masculine or interested in girls as time goes by. They would rather play games and "take care of themselves" using porn. It blows my mind to see university aged young men playing Yu Gi Yoh type card games in the cafeteria. It is very different from when I first arrived in the early 90s. The population is now aging to an extent that the demographic death spiral is pretty much irreversable.

All we have to do is wait for the latest bombshell report. The walls are closing in on former President Trump. Some explosive testimony is in the offing. This must be the beginning of the end..... gee, havent we all heard that some time in the past? The only happy people are CNN and the rest of the democratic-cultural complex. Their ratings are up every time The Donald is mentioned. It has been boring trying to cover Biden for the past 18 months and not fall into a coma. But anything Trump says is instant ratings.

Longtime Japan resident here. The drinking culture HAS changed dramatically in the past 10 years or so. Particularly where women are concerned, a lot of companies are VERY careful about what happens at after work. Any attempt to force people to drink is frowned upon. Some very traditional companies do still follow the old trend, but it is becoming increasingly rare. Among young people/students, they just arent into booze. I am disappointed that I rarely see my students with hangovers. They seem completely addicted to their smart phones instead. Ban the smart phone and the drinking will commence again IMHO.