Should the cost of college tuition be lowered? Many students would answer this question with a definite “yes”, arguing that education needs to be affordable. Now that society is making college education the new element for most jobs, many people now have to gain a higher education degree for the job they prefer. “In the past couple decades; a college education has been promoted as a necessity for success in life.” (At Issue: College Education). It’s holding society to a higher standard, but also causing students the burden of loan debt. Education should be affordable, but not a burden to students who want to obtain a higher education degree. President Obama recently stated in his last State of the Union speech, “we have to make college affordable
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One democratic candidate that intrigues many people is Hillary Clinton. According to On the Issues, education is top priority in Democrat Presidency. Hillary Clinton wants to make college affordable for students. She noted that “ College is supposed to help people achieve their dreams, but more and more [students] paying for college [will] actually push those dreams further and further out of reach”. Clinton wants to take away debt off student’s backs, but most importantly she wants them to succeed by following their dreams. She promises in her higher education platform, “to ensure students never have to pay more than 10% of their income when repaying the loan back”(qtd. in CNN) Clinton is striving to end the debt worry for …show more content…
Hillary Clinton on the other hand, has the best approach and views on how student loan debt can be a burden to students. She wants students to achieve their dreams and most importantly take away the burdens so they can become successful in life. Jeb Bush also wants to take away the debt from students but he hasn’t elaborated as much as Hillary has. He has promised so far in his higher education platform to students that he would eliminate the current federal student loan system to help with students who struggle with debt burdens. As of right now, I feel that Hillary Clinton has a better approach on college tuition than Jeb Bush, because she actually wants kids to succeed without worrying about debt. She wants students to follow their dreams instead of debt pushing those dreams away. Even though Hillary isn’t the most liked Democrat, she in my opinion has a better view on the issue than Jeb
One democratic candidate that intrigues many people is Hillary Clinton. According to On the Issues, education is top priority in Democrat Presidency. Hillary Clinton wants to make college affordable for students. She noted that “ College is supposed to help people achieve their dreams, but more and more [students] paying for college [will] actually push those dreams further and further out of reach”. Clinton wants to take away debt off student’s backs, but most importantly she wants them to succeed by following their dreams. She promises in her higher education platform, “to ensure students never have to pay more than 10% of their income when repaying the loan back”(qtd. in CNN) Clinton is striving to end the debt worry for …show more content…
Hillary Clinton on the other hand, has the best approach and views on how student loan debt can be a burden to students. She wants students to achieve their dreams and most importantly take away the burdens so they can become successful in life. Jeb Bush also wants to take away the debt from students but he hasn’t elaborated as much as Hillary has. He has promised so far in his higher education platform to students that he would eliminate the current federal student loan system to help with students who struggle with debt burdens. As of right now, I feel that Hillary Clinton has a better approach on college tuition than Jeb Bush, because she actually wants kids to succeed without worrying about debt. She wants students to follow their dreams instead of debt pushing those dreams away. Even though Hillary isn’t the most liked Democrat, she in my opinion has a better view on the issue than Jeb