Blunt on The Spoiled Class and a Collegiate Reality Shower

We have it so good, we ran out of things to complain about. Debt is a evil, or worded another way, debt is a financial contract virtually guaranteeing the recipient above-average lifetime earnings.

Thank whomever you thank in times of great appreciation that despite many brand issues, Republicans managed to win back the House by winning the popular vote in the most recent midterms. I said it before, and I stand by it still, another two years of Biden and an enabling legislative body, would be a colossal disaster and dramatically alter our nation and its course through history. Democrats essentially want to destroy every aspect of our system that made the system the best one in the world, the wealthiest in the world, and the most powerful. Only a system as great as the beautiful one we inherited after being successfully shepherded for several hundred years by those before us, would allow massive identity political groups to dedicate their political fervor to non life or death issues. You are so lucky to have the privilege to protest, demand, and campaign for far woke agenda items. I can guarantee you that you'd have a hard time doing that pretty much anywhere else… because while we get to play on Tik Tok and social media on $1100 phones and take 30 minutes to decide where to order takeout from because there are so many options and have it brought right to your door, your antipathy toward this country and the energy poured into it is a slap in the face for much of the world still living in poverty and horrible circumstances. You can help drive and shape our great system in helping the world. Yet, you use the incredibly rare and blessed opportunity to complain about how awful this country is and cry victim over this or that, rather than add constructive ideas that could help lift others out of extreme poverty, starting here in this country. Before we start forgiving largely privileged kids who, after graduation, have a much statistically higher chance of earning a far greater salary than someone who did not attend college, let's first use that free money to get people out of living in squalor, off the streets, and into homes, where they can shower, r

est, and feel a sense of dignity. Most of these people are mentally ill or have suffered incredible life catastrophes and run out of options, ultimately living on the streets and being ignored by society. That is what is unfair; that is what a tragedy is. What isn’t a tragedy? Being required to pay back a loan you agreed to in a legally binding contract that was 100% transparent and accessible, an agreement you freely entered into that financed your opportunity to get a certificate that proves you possess a certain degree of proficiency, capability, and have the potential and discipline to work at a higher income job.

The fact that everyone is just ok with this and thinks, “oh yea well, it's unfair they have all that debt, so let's just bail (using other people's money, for one specific tranche of students that another will soon replace, and then another and so on) them out..” blows my mind. That college wasn’t worth it and that people were tricked into it is ridiculous. ( First, I knew it was a scam, 70k a year, for what? I’m out of here. Dry lectures that half the class skipped out on and a heavy social drinking schedule? No thanks, I’ll pass.) Secondly, the facts are simply that, the reality is that someone with a college degree will have significantly higher lifetime earnings, even after debt, than someone without a college degree. I’m sorry, I really don’t have a ton of sympathy for a lot of these people, because I saw many kids on financing at school who essentially treated college like a four-year vacation with a couple of exams scattered in.