N.J. Forces Mom to Pay Son's Student Loans: Murder 'Does Not Meet Threshold for Loan Forgiveness'

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114. Right it's the fault of students...

I can easily argue for free college. It makes the most sense for our country. But I can also argue that students and parents don't think that college loans are free money, they think that their child's only chance at success is a college education...and they aren't exactly wrong. You are blaming them rather than blaming the government and public institutions for placing more and more of the burden of a college education onto the backs of students rather than recognizing that this cost is best shared by all for the betterment of our country.

Also, the entire point of borrowing for college is that one is borrowing against anticipated earnings that the college degree is supposed to provide for this individual. It's also true that to a lot of people, $50,000 a year sounds like a hell of a lot of money when one's family is surviving on a lot less. And it's also true that government loans make it feel as though the government supports this course of action as the right thing for an 18-year-old to do.

You also don't seem to understand how the world works if you don't think that the best college one can get into doesn't make a huge difference in future earnings. Jobs are about who you know, not what you know once you reach a certain threshold. I attended a Top 10 university as a first generation college student. It definitely made a difference.