"If the administration succeeds in privatizing the government-run Student Loan Program, college will become much more expensive, significantly shrinking the number of kids who’ll be able to attend. And that seems to be the point..." educationwars.substack.com/p/connecting... - ThreadSky

piperformissouri.bsky.social • 75 days ago

"If the administration succeeds in privatizing the government-run Student Loan Program, college will become much more expensive, significantly shrinking the number of kids who’ll be able to attend. And that seems to be the point..."

https://educationwars.substack.com/p/connecting-the-dots

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conniemary.bsky.social•75 days ago

The more educated people are, the less likely they are to fall for Trump and his lies. That's why he loves the poorly educated and wants to see less people going to college

drcanatsey.bsky.social•75 days ago

The crazy thing is that (according to 2020 census) it’s less than 1/3 of the population over 25 that has a bachelor’s degree. You’d think from the “fear of indoctrination” that 2/3+ have a degree.

tomdurk.bsky.social•75 days ago

They are against education

ddmcd.bsky.social•75 days ago

This quote encapsulates that article's message: "Indeed, all of the institutions and policy mechanisms intended to smooth out the vast chasms between rich and poor are on the chopping block right now."

mrlky.bsky.social•75 days ago

Everything Donnie does will be reversed when the Dems take charge in 4 years.

Yes that assumes Donnie does not declare marshal law and trigger a global financial meltdown.

steph1873.bsky.social•75 days ago

That is exactly the point. Only the children of the elites should go to college. As for the rest of our kids, they can go to work in the fields, the factories, the mills, and the mines. Somebody has to dig that beautiful, clean coal, after all.

No sarcasm, that is exactly the way that they think

frankieface15.bsky.social•74 days ago

Well, they'll start out in child labor & move on to the company store. Simple.🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

piperformissouri.bsky.social•75 days ago

If you’re not following @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social, you should.

kzorn.bsky.social•75 days ago

Thx for the recommendation. And thank you for all you do to support public education!

breakingkind.bsky.social•75 days ago

Done! 💙

ahronnee.bsky.social•75 days ago

Thanks! Now I am! And PODCASTS!!! :)

profplum42.bsky.social•75 days ago

I am now

gi-bolt.bsky.social•75 days ago

Uneducated vote red. That is definitely the point.

akchaos.bsky.social•75 days ago

Only the rich can afford to send their kids to college. The dumbing down of America is full speed head.

kali7.bsky.social•74 days ago

https://www.thelongmemo.com/p/every-student-loan-is-now-forgiven?utm_medium=website&ICID=ref_fark an interesting bit for current student loan holders…

kali7.bsky.social•74 days ago

(the piece isn’t praise, but a reflection of his fuck ups that may have violated agreements and thus nullified enforcement.)

and i agree with your post!

themidlifemedium.bsky.social•75 days ago

A poor uneducated population of worker bees steeped in massive debt and wholly dependent on the very government who owns them.

That. Is. The. GOP. Plan.

RESISTANCE IS THE ANSWER.

elementdragon.bsky.social•75 days ago

Higher education is for the upper class. The plebs must stay where they are, in service to their wealthy masters.

buneyo.bsky.social•75 days ago

Keep em stupid and in the fields.
It’s not like the factories are coming back.

grayjeep.bsky.social•75 days ago

Their kids will be able to go, so suppress any middle class opportunity and make people poorer, hungry with no resources. Move middle class wealth to the rich, eliminating middle class.

paulburnswriter.bsky.social•74 days ago

Republicans prefer the uneducated voters

solarpons83.bsky.social•74 days ago

Trump U

ronels.bsky.social•75 days ago

And Republicans -- both state and national -- have over the past decades already made the cost of college prohibitive for many by increased fees, reduced state aid, and mandates to enable the GOP culture wars that are counter-intelligence.

ronels.bsky.social•75 days ago

As an example, when I entered college (in about 1975), tuition was less than $300 per school year! $330 in 1975=about $1,948.54 today, an increase of $1,618.54 over 50 years. But how many students pay that for 1 year of college at a State University now?

ledrapeaunoir.bsky.social•75 days ago

One summer class costs that now…one semester at a state school cost me 5 grand 10 years ago.

sluzyq.bsky.social•75 days ago

Thanks for sharing this. She clearly defines my own inchoate thoughts I've been having for some time, while looking around at what is and has been happening. Grim.

daglock.bsky.social•75 days ago

The Anti-Education Administration. Why would the federal government wage war against educating its citizens? To keep you down.

jayeleedenco.bsky.social•75 days ago

Sad fact.

hollywoodland2025.bsky.social•75 days ago

Privatization of the student loans program will result in not only predatory loans with high hidden fees, but it will also result in a no transparency, no accountability to the approved loans, since the administration has removed DEI and affirmative action, programs will be one sided and unequal..

mamabellasdad.bsky.social•75 days ago

Felon45/47 doesn’t want future voters who can think for themselves. Therefore, make college so expensive that many people won’t be attending and Felon feeds them with 🐂💩! Trouble is, employers won’t be hiring because the American people won’t spend an additional 25% for a car or a house! Pathetic!

joejacksonlive.bsky.social•75 days ago

You have to be one twisted fk to kill education. Our president certainly can use some special ed himself.

edwar69.bsky.social•75 days ago

Republicans trying to destroy public education. That’s why Trump is destroy the Department of Education. Just another way of controlling people keep them uneducated ..While living in Fla. for profit charter schools were popping up everywhere. it’s all about money. Republican state!

sugarsgirl.bsky.social•75 days ago

The uneducated are easier to dupe and control. Less critical thinking.

trixiebelden75.bsky.social•75 days ago

Fascism 101

armyveteran.bsky.social•75 days ago

It'll be all about profits, like insurance.

blametrumpvoters.com•75 days ago

That's a main point. The other point is transferring yet more wealth to the richest who own these private loan companies.

wtfdor.bsky.social•75 days ago

That’s the goal, more academically uneducated people

jeffholcomb.bsky.social•75 days ago

Every government and civic institution is under relentless attack.

thunder1008.bsky.social•75 days ago

The Republicans do not want an educated or critical thinking constituency to try to govern; they want to piss down your leg on a sunny day and tell you it's raining. As long as people continue to vote against their own best interests, we will continue to have this kind of leadership.

shaynemoore.bsky.social•75 days ago

Stupid people are easier to control.

lucyjbri.bsky.social•75 days ago

Keep em dumb

lakrum.bsky.social•75 days ago

Can’t have everyday folx smarter than the idiots in charge.

theswickster.bsky.social•75 days ago

It is exactly the point.

periwinklerose.bsky.social•75 days ago

While those who already have degrees won’t be hired cue to various discriminatory practices, with no way to pay back student loans.

ledrapeaunoir.bsky.social•75 days ago

The government used to cover a significant amount prior to the civil rights movement…and then the people they wanted to keep out started gaining knowledge and power (POC and women) and they started cutting. The goal for federalists have ALWAYS been to maintain white male supremacy.

wendella.bsky.social•75 days ago

It'll be limited to children of people who went to college, which would have left me out.

kevinc13.bsky.social•75 days ago

They don't want an educated populace.

occasionalhyker.bsky.social•75 days ago

Much easier to force the uneducated into virtual slavery.

stuartdonaldson22.bsky.social•75 days ago

If they succeed, it will undercut the very things that make the US a leading economy and military.

denimlacesinger.bsky.social•75 days ago

This affects me! And I have already made financial decisions based on this eventuality. Hello Recession.

waiting74patiently.bsky.social•75 days ago

Holy-crap-on-a-cracker, the Republican agenda is way worse than I first thought, it's just Machiavellian, SPECTRE-ish ("Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion") in motivation and execution. But then, I'm beginning to think we are taking ourselves too seriously.

imaqui.bsky.social•75 days ago

Yeah, well, someone has to replace the Mexicans and other Hispanics who are being deported. The rich white and black Republican kids won’t be affected.

timmcavalon.bsky.social•75 days ago

yes, it's precisely the point

uglyhead.bsky.social•75 days ago

It is what they want to crumble the ‘cathedral’ of knowledge— or what they call “The Ministries of Truth” from 1984.
That colleges specifically brainwash people into believing complete misinformation and lies as truth.

The goal is to destroy all public schooling so they control the teachings.

neils123.bsky.social•75 days ago

So wait, you're telling me the oligarchs and their GOP servants are the actual elitists, and NOT the so-called "liberal elite" who want to make college affordable for everyone? Huh, go figure.

avendarien.bsky.social•75 days ago

Absolutely the point. The AI will take all the higher level jobs as far as they are concerned. Need humans for the factories and fields.

leroydickson.bsky.social•75 days ago

Yeah. They want to take us back to a purely industrial economy. You don’t do that with a highly educated population.

emjmac.bsky.social•75 days ago

Historically, when people are hungry, sick and can’t gain knowledge, they turn on each other and / or become desperate.

United We Stand. DIVIDED WE FALL.

⬆️ THAT IS THE POINT ⬆️

jcarter5.bsky.social•75 days ago

Privatizing = grifting.

hivetool.bsky.social•75 days ago

THEY want your kids to work for THEIR kids

bonsaibean.bsky.social•75 days ago

Of course that is the point!

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