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		mrep on April 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. forgives 40k student loans Fair point and I'm not against free public education, but $15k is also a magical fantasy number to get too if you include housing/food/utilities.

bombcar on April 20, 2022 [–]

To be fair, it's not like you don't have housing/food/utility costs if you choose to not go to college.

Apparently the average community college costs about $10k to graduate from, less if you're on a 2 year degree.

Cue "that's not real college" crowd, of course.

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