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warlocc_ t1_j3y46e2 wrote

Reply to comment by marmosetohmarmoset in Mass. leaders are eyeing free community college — at least for some residents by SAT0725

To simplify it, I mean when I was 22 I was broke. When I was 32, I wasn't. For a lot of people, paying for something expensive at 32 should be easier than 22.

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marmosetohmarmoset t1_j3y58r8 wrote

Do you already have a college degree and a decent job? Did you have kids or other expensive responsibilities when you were 32?

It sounds like this program is specifically targeting adults who don’t have existing training that would get them well-paying jobs. Or who might currently be in a dying industry and want to transition to a new line of work that the state is in need of workers for.

There are plenty of 30 year olds out there still working low-paying service jobs. But at 30 they’re more likely to also have significant expenses like children that a younger person would be less likely to have.

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warlocc_ t1_j3yhfiw wrote

If you've already got a college degree, then obviously you're not who we're talking about.

If you've got kids... Presumably you knew you could afford to have kids.

Doesn't change the point I'm making that a young person probably has less money than an older person. Full stop.

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marmosetohmarmoset t1_j3ynwkc wrote

I think you’re being a little naïve about how difficult it is to make a living in this state without a college degree. The point is a lot of adults aren’t doing better than 22 year olds.

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warlocc_ t1_j3yq0m5 wrote

>I think you’re being a little naïve about how difficult it is to make a living in this state without a college degree.

On that, I guarantee I'm not. I'm in that camp myself.

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marmosetohmarmoset t1_j3yt9zb wrote

I thought you said you weren’t broke anymore?

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warlocc_ t1_j3z9r5w wrote

Yes, that's what I said.

What, do you think everyone without a college degree is broke? Now that is naïve.

That's the sort of attitude that makes so many of these kids think they need to take out huge loans they can't afford for degrees that won't help them, we gotta stop this attitude of "people without degrees will suffer".

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