That is why they were supporting Bernie. He promised to pay off their debts and they get the parties as freebies.
Wait a minute...
Are you saying that YOUNG PEOPLE make STUPID, IRRESPONSIBLE decisions? Particularly with money?
Stop the press, breaking news!
Stupid.
I’ve got one full time in college. Last year, he asked to borrow our van for a spring break trip.
If he was going to Florida, my response would be NO, and if you do go, expect the locks to be changed, your car (that I own) repossessed and all financial help to dry up.
He and four friends who are studying astronautical engineering went for a multi-state tour of space museums. Perfect, take the van.
This year, he’s leading a group of eight for a 5 day camping trip. Have fun, here’s the van.
Most of these kids already have their security clearances and none are willing to threaten that.
I knew students 25 years ago doing this. It is not a new phenomenon.
I had friends that furnished lavish apartments with new PC’s, stereo equipment, TV’s and new wardrobes seemingly every semester or year.
Even at the time I thought to borrow beyond the gap of what my family would contribute, what I could afford with work and room/board and tuition was just plain stupid.
As such I think I pretty much had half the clothes I did in high school upon graduation and I think, one 20” cable ready TV that was my major 4 year splurge. It wasn’t even stereo.
Democrats see this as a good investment. Hedonism, drug use, unwanted pregnancy, alcohol dependence leads to the formation of good Democrats. Your tax dollars at work. Notice how the Democrats always propose the “forgiveness” of the “loans”. What is actually used on “education” solidifies their political base at so called institutions of higher learning.
Don’t forget this when the next fool tries to tell us that we, the American Taxpayer, should forgive the 1.4 Trillion in student loans.
I worked and paid for my two Sons to get a college education. I demand that those who took these loans pay every cent back. I will not pay for their education or their party trips!
I knew a girl in 1979 who used her student loan to buy a new car. She said it was legitimate because she needed a car at school.
Well at least this is not going into the coffers of campus leftists! (I know, I have low expectations)
“Student loans” are nothing more than gov’t backed loans made to people that are students. Where the money goes and how it is spent has nothing to do with education expenses, it is all up to the so called “student” that receives th loan.
Most folks believe the money is only used for education expenses, ...LOL!
When I went to college back in the 70’s you never got to touch your student loan money. You were loaned the exact amount of your tuition, dorm or other colleges fees and the check went directly to the college bursar’s office. For your personal living expenses you worked a job. Or two.
Well, at least it wasn’t wasted...
The perfect reason why there should be NO student loans, especially by FedGov. If you want college badly enough, get some jobs to pay for it. “Free” money breeds complete irresponsibility. For proof, just look at the swamp President Trump is hopefully going to start draining. Hopefully.
I went to school on the GI Bill. Made up the difference by working evenings and joining the National Guard. Never got one red cent from any other source, and still had money left over.
Kids learn more about life on spring break than most of the classes they are taking.
Oh come on, anyone who has gone to college knows that this is fairly common. I knew a guy who bought thousands of dollars worth of video and stereo equipment with student loans. Spring break trips? All the time.
Where’s the boo hoo girl for all these yutzes who rack up tens of thousands in student loans and then whine expecting others (taxpayers) to pick up the tab.
Spring Break on my dime and I won’t get a t-shirt or a thank you card. You know they’ll forget to repay their loans and all will be forgiven. Again, back on my dollars.
The only reason people are encouraged to run up massive debts to pay for college is to provide a huge financial boost to the colleges, not provide an education to the students.
So a young person who uses student loan money to pay for spring break is just using the money for a more worthy purpose, as far as he or she is concerned.
I see this as an apprenticeship into a government job.
student loans have been financing spring breaks for years and the politicians have known this for years. The student loans also provide an easy life for students on campus that those a generation ago never knew. Loans are also granted to kids who are unprepared for college. IMO - Easy student loans are a travesty on many of our young people.