Hello Steve,

 LL>>>> "Free college for everyone is a bad idea. But it is not
 LL>>>> exactly the type of thing that would make him similar to
 LL>>>> Stalin and Castro."

 SW> Yes Free College is a bad idea. Who get's employer preference? Free
college
 SW> students or paid?

Bobby Jindal had a scholarship to attend Brown University.
Barack Obama had a scholarship to attend Harvard University.
I had a scholarship to attend Harvard on the Bayou.
Guess which college graduates got elected to public office?

 SW> We need to lower student debt not give out more handouts.

The economy is for the person, not the other way around.
Employers do not care who pays for the tuition a college
kid goes to.  What employers want is qualified employees.
People who can do the job(s) they are hired to do.

 SW> Let's just let the students stay home and just send them the degree they
 SW> want.

Nothing wrong with that.  Today, many colleges and universities
offer online courses, some with full degree programs.  Of course,
somebody has to pay for those courses.  Students would love their
parents (or somebody else) to pay for those courses, and parents
would love not to have to foot the bill themselves.

 SW> I have a hard time understanding what motivates young people these
 SW> days.

Money.  And girls.  Mostly girls.  For girls it is guys.  Mostly
guys.  Not so much money, as the guys get the money.  And with the
money well you know how that goes ...

 SW> I never got a damn thing when I was young.

Oh, come now.  I'm sure you did.  Dogs chase cats.  Boys chase girls.
That is the way of the world.  Or how it used to be, anyway.

 SW> I had to earn everything!

Not me.  I had the girls come to me.  Made life much easier.
Until the school principal decided to make boys play on one playground
and girls on another.  Guess who got the blame?

 SW> That's my 2 cents anyway. ;-)

Can't even buy a piece of bubble gum with that.
Best to do away with pennies entirely.
Round up to a nickel.
Or maybe a dime.
Just think of the savings we would have.
All those wasted pennies.
We can just nickel and dime everybody to death.
Use quarters for the slots.
Eliminate paper currency.
It's just fiat money, anyway.
Not really worth the paper it is printed on.
Which is not really paper at all ...

--Lee

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