• Pat Flood (@rebarcock) passed away 9/21/25. Pat played a huge role in encouraging the devolopmemt of this site and donated the very first dollar to get it started. Check the thread at the top of the board for the obituary and please feel free to pay your respects there. I am going to get all the content from that thread over to his family so they can see how many people really cared for Pat outside of what they ever knew. Pat loved to tell stories and always wanted everyone else to tell stories. I think a great way we can honor Pat is to tell a story in his thread (also pinned at the top of the board).

Biden administration warns of ‘historically large increase’ in student loan defaults without debt forgiveness (link)

I would support student loan forgiveness if we revamp our education system and make college free like it is with K-12. At least the state colleges and community colleges.

If some private universities like Harvard or whatever want to keep charging tuition let them. But since they are private entities they should receive a grand total of 0 in taxpayer funding. No grants. No scholarships. Nothing. The rich kids can spend daddy's money to get their extra-special law degree.

However if we aren't going to revamp the entire system then giving out free money is just a band-aid on a seething wound. It won't accomplish anything.
 
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