Student Loan Forgiveness

I suggest it. And I don't believe in hell.

 

The blue collar worker was the heart and soul of this country. Once.
But we killed him.
Yet, we go on thinking things like, 'yeah, things are really tough right now but it will come around again without us really having to do anything about it.'
But it's not.
We have to change not only the ways in which we spend our nation's revenue, but how we see ourselves, too.
And if we are not among the forefront of progress and leadership in the areas of technology, education and providing a reasonable level of well-being for our citizens, we are going to fail. And you're going to be doing shit-all with those dollars you saved for yourself while your country dies.
Wake the fuck up, America.

 

Here's to advancement of American culture and subsequent change of attitude! *raises another imaginary, vodka-filled glass*

Many more people in the US need to develop the understanding mixedmedia displayed above and in its previous post.

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*drinks*

 

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I deleted my threadjack for a reason (it's turning into the masturbation that is Tilted Politics in here), but if we're going there:

Poor wording choice (my forte) but I meant especially. We're (Royal We) short on sweat all the time (it's why we have maid services for those busy hard-working office parents), but especially when faced with sacrifices. Like being without electrical power for a few days. Somebody else do something. The more difficult the task, the less likely whitey is to actually do something to benefit the community. Donate $5? Okay. Donate your time? Hell no. That logic. Everybody has become so selfish because they don't know and don't care to know anybody outside their little circle. Where I grew up each single family home was basically an island. You waved at the stranger-neighbors but never really talked. People moved in, moved out. There was no investment in the community aside from policing up your trashy neighbors when their ragged yard started to ruin your property values.

It's kinda like: Ask whitey to give up a portion of their paycheck (that flatscreen TeeVee) so some stranger can go to school and become a doctor?

Typical answer: "Hah, go fuck yourself. I've got these bills to pay" (meaning: I've got beer to buy).

Yeaaah, I don't know where I'm going with this. Probably why I deleted it in the first place.

 

Eventually people will be forced out of their comfort zone. Unless they happen to have a billion dollars buried in the backyard under the bbq pit.

One of the things that contributes to that feeling of untouchability we seem to have is the vacuum effect. Nothing that happens outside of our own bubble seems quite really real. Yet.

I'm not immune to it and I am fairly broke. I go through my life everyday absorbed with my own survival and entertainment. But I have two possessions that threaten vacuums: awareness and imagination.

 

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