This week I happened to click on a video of Mike Rowe in an interview with John Stossel, back in December of 2021. They discussed student loan forgiveness. Something Stossel said stood out for me. When Mike Rowe drew a comparison and questioned why construction workers would not get loan forgiveness for equipment they purchase, on credit, to do their jobs, Stossel replied, “I imagine it’s because the guys that go to college talk better. They participate better in the public’s debates. The people who are in the construction business are less likely to do that.” This was followed by a clip of of an articulate single mother with $200,000 in student loans speaking into a microphone and saying, “I am here to fight, no matter how long it takes, for full debt cancelation and an education system that treats us with dignity….”
The Long Conversation of the Truckers
The Long Conversation of the Truckers
The Long Conversation of the Truckers
This week I happened to click on a video of Mike Rowe in an interview with John Stossel, back in December of 2021. They discussed student loan forgiveness. Something Stossel said stood out for me. When Mike Rowe drew a comparison and questioned why construction workers would not get loan forgiveness for equipment they purchase, on credit, to do their jobs, Stossel replied, “I imagine it’s because the guys that go to college talk better. They participate better in the public’s debates. The people who are in the construction business are less likely to do that.” This was followed by a clip of of an articulate single mother with $200,000 in student loans speaking into a microphone and saying, “I am here to fight, no matter how long it takes, for full debt cancelation and an education system that treats us with dignity….”