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I feel this is one of the biggest obstacles to the free college idea floating around. While I hear some millennials say it's a good idea (and maybe it is in th

I feel this is one of the biggest obstacles to the free college idea floating around. While I hear some millennials say it's a good idea (and maybe it is in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't really matter for this point) I don't see how it would be in their best interest unless there was some very serious benefits/perks to millennials that are already in debt or those that spent the past 10+ years paying it off. They're so far behind now that many put off starting a family, buying a home, saving for retirement, and all the other things they should have been doing in their post college years. Now the'll need to face the next generation workforce of college educated debt free competition. I mean I absolutely hate to admit this but it's true, I'm going to be pretty sour if I can finally land a decent job and my soul goal is to save something up for retirement and everyone else doesn't have that huge debt monkey on their back to guide their decisions.

SauciestGNU 7y ago
I'm an earlier millennial and while I'm doing alright personally, I think for those of us who graduated into the financial crisis, we were essentially sold a false bill of goods with college. We were promised stable professional jobs with which we could pay our debts. I think the financial sector owes my cohort, especially the worst affected of us, some sort of reparations.
danaris 7y ago
Disclaimer: I'm personally in the extremely lucky early cohort of millennials who got a decent job before everything went to shit. Not a single one of the less lucky millennials I know, either online or in real life, has given the slightest inkling that they would rather see the people who come after them suffer as they have suffered, perpetuating the terrible system, just to make it that tiny bit easier for them to compete. They'd rather have the rest of their own debt forgiven and just start from there. Obviously I can't speak for every debt-ridden millennial out there, but the overwhelming sentiment I encounter from them when this potential issue comes up is "Just do it. Make it right."

SauciestGNU 7y ago

I'm an earlier millennial and while I'm doing alright personally, I think for those of us who graduated into the financial crisis, we were essentially sold a false bill of goods with college. We were promised stable professional jobs with which we could pay our debts. I think the financial sector owes my cohort, especially the worst affected of us, some sort of reparations.

danaris 7y ago

Disclaimer: I'm personally in the extremely lucky early cohort of millennials who got a decent job before everything went to shit. Not a single one of the less lucky millennials I know, either online or in real life, has given the slightest inkling that they would rather see the people who come after them suffer as they have suffered, perpetuating the terrible system, just to make it that tiny bit easier for them to compete. They'd rather have the rest of their own debt forgiven and just start from there. Obviously I can't speak for every debt-ridden millennial out there, but the overwhelming sentiment I encounter from them when this potential issue comes up is "Just do it. Make it right."