A car is cheaper than most colleges.
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This ad seems aimed at people who think you can still "work your way through college" without debt.
Sooooo. Middle aged people? Or are we now dealing with those going into retirement.
I think I'm technically "middle aged" now.... No idea how that happened... But I know better than to think you can work your way through college and not come out the other side with a crushing amount of debt....
My country subsidized my education, and provided me with a loan to attend college. I finally paid it off some 20-ish years after I started college.
I've never seen a six-figure salary, despite probably being owed one, but the top rate I can find for my vocation in my local area is around $80k/yr or about 50-60k USD/yr.
Yet, if I go to the USA, and get the exact same job, I can make $80k+ USD, which would easily push me over $100k/yr in my country's currency.
If you guessed I'm from Canada, you may have looked at my username, and noted my home Lemmy instance.
International students pay something like 5x what Canadian citizens do for college/uni (at least they did, the last time I checked), and my local provincial government set up a student assistance program, which provides loans to college/uni students.
I still walked out of college with over $40k in debt and this was in the mid 2000s. Costs have only gone up.
I support student loan forgiveness. It won't help me at all, but I don't really want anyone else to have to go through what I did trying to pay everything back.
That car starts at $110,000 USD, about the same as in-state cost of attendance in Michigan where the mustang is made and Nevada where Shelby is based
holy fuck ya'll are getting ripped off so badly, even Mao Zedong had more empathy for his people lmao
Tbf I have more respect for enthusiast car ownership than many other types of cars.
I walk most places, take the train and limit the use of my own car. (mazda6 estate) Hard to do now that I have a three year old.
I would love an El Camino with an 400hp xl engine. A completely useless car that will be mostly tinkering and some summer driving. A Shelby is a nice car, and if cars are a hobby I say go for it.
I have more issues with oversized cars clogging up my town on what could have been done with a bike or by foot
glorified toaster on wheels
Yay Capitalism!
Excuse me sir! The ad is working, look at all the comments! Oh you wanted to sell cars! Sell! Ah I see. Okay, well give us a few minutes, we'll correct this problem...
I do not understand the concept of parents paying for college anyway. Mine didn’t have the means to do that and I didn’t want them to stress over having to do it, so I did it myself.
did it myself
Can't be done here.
Where is here? For reference I’m in the US. I did a combination of applying for a load of scholarships and grants, coupled with working while in college and then paying the rest off over time. It sucked.
In the US.
It could kinda for us. For the kids now it is simply not an option. A six figure job right out the gate for years while continuing to live a student lifestyle (ramen, cheap drugs, etc) doesn't spend the loans down.
I also took care of my own college costs, but I can see how cost growth has far exceeded the general inflation rate and federal aid has been shrinking, to put that out of reach.
Also I benefited from a significant scholarship from my Dad’s employer, and that kind of thing just doesn’t exist anymore. There aren’t any for my kids to reach for
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The real problem is that college is over priced. Again you people keep focusing on the wrong problem.
It can be both at the same time. They aren't mutually exclusive.