[lumberjim]

No doubt, Leslie. I do have empathy for people that want to work but can't find it. I do not have it for those that expect to eat when they choose not to work. It's far too complex a situation at this point for either extreme viewpoint to be correct.

My ancestors suffered through rough times, worked hard, and succeeded. Each subsequent generation has done as well. I'm doing well, partly because I was raised in a good place, inherited good genes, and HAD to work hard to get what I wanted. There was no financial aid for my college because my parents were not poor. I lasted one year there and quit because I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up, and it didn't make sense to go into debt for a degree in art.

My kids are coming up on college age. I look at credit reports for young car buyers ...some that owe over a hundred thousand bucks in student loans and are earning 40-50 thousand. After many years, they may crack 6 digits. .. but only if they are talented. How long will they pay on those loans? hardly seems worth it.

Now, why are tuition rates so high? Because, just like health insurance, we are paying for the people that attend on grants.

Socialism.

I think health insurance should be abolished too. Impossible at this point. Also Radical, ....I know. .. but eventually, prices of care would drop into the realms of the reasonable. There would have to be some provision for emergent care and life threatening illness, but mundane things should be pay as you go.

This is why I stay out of politics. Too complex, and too late to fix any of it because of the money being made by those who could.