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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by eli_gottlieb on Thursday January 13, 2022 @09:24PM (#29929891)
Exactly my point! It's the responsibility of public policy to align incentives with what's actually good for people over the long run.
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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by kube-system on Friday January 14, 2022 @11:45AM (#29936794)
The bad public policy in this case is a symptom of cultural expectations, not the other way around.

If a politician runs a campaign on “reducing student loan assistance” they will have committed political suicide and it won’t change the minds of any mother pushing their 17 year old son to go to college.

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