Joe Biden Presidency thread *Please read OP - Threadbanned Users Added 4/5/21*

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They know they took the loan. The devil is in where the loan company applies the payment money.

Because US Uni's can make money from them. This is why there's a massive oversupply of PhD's; it's not like there are openings in academia for them, so such grads are used in non-tenured 'adjunct' positions while full timed tenured faculty earn the big $$ and put in the minimal work.

For another, the loan system is indeed predatory, but it goes hand in hand with absurd tuitions and housing. For example, one Uni I'm familiar with has a campus not far from here in Ireland where they send students for whatever reasons (probably 'a year abroad.') This Universities tuition is higher than Harvard's, yet, it doesn't rank in the top 100 Unis in the US. And it only offers 'liberal arts' degrees like languages, sociology, ....

Further, the admins at these Unis rake in scary salaries - the one I graduated from (in 1984, on scholarship so it only cost a couple thousand/year) was exposed as paying it's President something like $900k/year. For administrative duties. For a smallish Uni. Just nuts. (now, the President wasn't earning that kind of money when the likes of me were attending. That salary was revealed a few years ago.)

If you want free tuition at Unis (and what about overpriced books? And housing/room&board?) you should at a minimum have to pass competitive exams for your placement. There's a Uni for you if you have a pulse in the US - people with Downs attend some. And the salaries and benefits for all University employees should be investigated.

I won't even get into the absolute scam that is tenure, and 'online learning,' and wretched 'for profit ' diploma mills. But, those issues help drive the costs up as well.

There was a time when both sides of the political divide understood that a healthy and educated population was a strong population. Which therefore benefited the nation. But somewhere along the line, around the 80's, the right wing became parties of "fuck you". If you cannot afford healthcare, fuck you. If you cannot afford an education, fuck you.

Generally, if you fall upon hard times, fuck you.

What's absurd about the American right, however, is that there are so many poor people that vote against their interests for the party of fuck you who, literally, offer them nothing and will continually syphon wealth upwards. People who live in abject poverty voting for the likes of Donald Trump, who gave billionaires tax breaks on their private jets. And there's plenty still who'll tip him their vote again.

Mind you, the Democrats aren't that much better in the grand scheme of things, which just illustrates how terminally broken the whole system is over there. The entire thing needs gutting really.

High profile incident in NYC Subway this morning:

Somehow earlier in the day there was misinformation about IEDs being present. POTUS briefed through official channels per, WH.

Meanwhile, WH says very true thing in a very polarizing manner

They wouldn't be saddled with the debt, the debt would be erased, and the federal budget wouldn't have to change in response to that? There haven't been loan repayments in over a year anyway, so they aren't a source of federal income, and the budget still managed to reduce the deficit...

Biden's approval rating now consistently in the 30s. It's hard to believe anyone approves of his economic performance.

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/12/10/cnbc-all-america-economic-survey-bidens-covid-economy-approval-ratings-take-another-hit.html

Of course you pay attention to Joe Rogan, rather than the many many other times this has been mentioned previously

Because this story has been reported for many many weeks, however if you use Joe Rogan for your politics or vaccine information, that information stream is extremely skewed. He has no journalistic integrity whatsoever, and before you say 'well he's reporting it now'; even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day

nobody get's advice from joe rogan, he has a podcast that has some great guests particularly in the comedy/mma/music world and it can be fun , why the hell would you even bother raising this ? it's like the old guardian reader snobbery of old

i love you how use the term "before you say" ha i didn't see that til after i posted and it looks like "i didn't say"

as far as most people are concerned he is a podcast not a source of information. I don't even rate him as a comedian. Have i comment on his ivermectin use? yea don't take medical advice from UFC MC's.

excuse me now as i " analyse what rigorous double-sourced information gathering " dustin the turkey does before he opens his beak

he's not a trusted source in the same way ryan tubridy isn't a trusted source, why would i look to joe rogan for anything other than entertainment which we all have a right to do without 21 century mary whitehouses interfering

If i took tubridy seriously i'd think the most important aspect of the war on ukraine is pronouncing chicken kiev wrong. Read peer reviewed articles if it's info you seek

pat kenny is an engineer so i'll give him a pass