The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for August 31, 2022

That’s what I call a “vicious circle”.

Ask Uncle Joe He will just have the government forgive your loan

Thank you Joe Biden! Promises made, promises kept. Infrastructure, cares act, climate change, lower drug prices…. Vets Vote Blue! Okay, off the soap box.

The way I see it is if your little school boy can talk to dad while sitting on dad’s knee, then you still have a couple years before you have to start saving money for college. It is when your boy talks to dad standing up in front at arms length, then you gotta start socking the college money away.

This would be funny if it wasn’t so depressingly true these days.

The company I worked for paid for most of my education, as long as I passed. Of course that was in Canada at a time when education was relatively cheap.

Debt trap.

From what I’ve seen collage might not be his thing. Maybe a painter or used car salesman or trucker….

Oh Brutus, you opened up a proverbial political can of worms here! Lol

The accelerating cost of education greatly exceeds any interest you receive on your savings.

WAY too many people go to college with the expectation of getting a “good” job upon graduation only to find out they don’t exist. The government should be pushing trade schools, not colleges.

looks like it may never end the way you looking at it. why do you need so many loans anyway, isn’t one loan enough?

I’ve taken lots of higher education in the past, but in truth, while all of it was really quite pleasurable, much of it was unnecessary. The tech job I could’ve been done right out of HS without needing any tech school training. Even my seminary training, while having an M.Div did open many doors for me, I could’ve easily done most of my church positions right out of college. My point is that education should match the job you’re going to do. A college degree might look good on the resume, yet it is not a guarantee that your job performance will be better than that one with no college. And, there are many jobs out there. good jobs that pay very well, that may only require on the job training or a certificate from a tech school program.

In the meantime check under the couch cushions.

Gotta love the kid’s idea that “we” should save for College.

Brutus? College? ROI? Not so much?

I graduated college with about $6,000 in debts. (This was in the early 70’s and while everything was less expensive than today, wages were much lower as well.) It took me a couple of years to pay it off, but I did, I worked two and three jobs to get it done and paid off early.

The whole debt relief thing irks me. First, in my opinion, upper education shouldn’t cost as much as it does. Second, if someone takes out a loan, fine, but remember the borrower entered into a contract to repay that money and has an ethical and moral responsibility to do so. Repaying the loan is an obligation undertaken freely and unless there are circumstances which might make it impossible, i.e, becoming paralyzed or terminally ill or something similar.

I’m guessing I’ll catch a lot of flack over what I’ve said.

Be paid off long ago it there was a priority on it.. but that new shiny car and fancy clothes.. vacations came first.

Just wondering, does this cover loans for trump university??

Unfortunately, Uncle Joe hasn’t got a clue?

Here, let us help you out there Brutus

Well lot of hate today. I guess everyone is happy that Biden will not be forgiving trump. Guess all is well among the trolls.

Only Brutus Thornapple would neglect to plan for Wilberforce’s College education because he is still paying for his college education.

The thing I always wondered, was how expensive was it for Brutus to attend Clown College anyway?

It doesn’t seem like his college education got him very far… but “educating” hopeful kids is a great business for colleges!

Yes, Brutus has a job and is working hard to pay his debts, so he doesn’t qualify for loan transfer to the tax payer.

After 12 years of schooling I couldn’t even think of going to collage…

We now know he went to college. Hope that he is using his degree. Hope that he got his monies worth from college as he is seemingly in the payoff mode. As he is still paying it off, sounds like he might have gotten a PhD or Juris Doctor. Dr Brutus. I like that…..

Brutus went to college? I didn’t know you could major in tea cozies.

In other words, don’t plan to go to college.

Gladys could go to work when Wilberforce is older and use her income to help him through school. Also pay off Brutus’ loans too. Mama can go…

Brutus your ship just came in!

The guilty? Those changing the rates on the loans, creating non-recoupable loans. Hang in there, Brutus.

Can you guys give Brutus a break by extending Biden’s debt relief plan into his universe? I’ll vote for that.

Brutus and Wilberforce will have to have some money for their college funds! (Like father, like son.)

Thank you, President Biden!

Too bad you’re not a young elitist, bumbling Biden would just cancel your loan at the expense of the rest of the working class!