A couple of recent headlines caught my eye. President Biden wants to pay off student loans for people who voluntarily went to college knowing it’s not free. They are young enough to get a job and pay their own student loans but still want the American taxpayers to make them debt free. Some estimates are that taxpayers will be on the hook for nearly $600 billion.
The other headline was about people being unable to pay their skyrocketing heating bills this winter and having to choose between food or heat.
Here’s an idea: Let college kids learn some personal responsibility by paying their own bills and use some of the $600 billion to help the poor, the elderly and the underemployed to pay their heating bills.
Tony Pittore
Penn Township, Westmoreland County