I am rather disappointed in the overall attitude of our country toward our young people.
Understandably, we should work for what we get. I started working when I was 14, and it has served me well all of my life.
Student loan forgiveness is a controversial issue. In my lifetime, we’ve bailed out the airlines, banks, credit unions, investment firms, insurance companies, auto manufacturers, meat packaging industry — and the list goes on, amounting to trillions of dollars.
I worked in New York City at the time of the financial bailouts and remember stockbrokers getting their million-dollar bonus payments out of the bailout money. When it’s corporations, nobody seems to blink. It’s all well-justified and there were no lawsuits delaying those bailouts, from what I recall.
It is ridiculously expensive to go to college. When our young people get out of school, unless they are at the top of their class or choose a really hot field like technology, they often can’t get a job at a salary that covers their loans and gives them a chance to start a life.
We are not only doing harm to our young people — we are hampering the prospects of the future of our country.
I’m a lifetime Republican in favor of investing my hard-earned tax dollars in our younger generation and giving our young people a chance at the future.
Scott Miller
Warwick Township
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