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_Homeland_ by Cory Doctorow
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Lynn McGuire
Apr 24, 2017, 3:56:25 PM4/24/17
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_Homeland_ by Cory Doctorow
https://www.amazon.com/Homeland-Cory-Doctorow/dp/0765333708/
Book number two of a two book dystopian near future series. I don't
have a clue if there will be a third book in the series and I don't know
if I will read it if so. I read the trade paperback which used nice
paper and a good font for my old eyes.
Things are going to heck in a hand basket in near future San Fransisco
as the number of employed people is steadily dropping. Marcus has
dropped out of college and is desperately looking for a job. And people
are looking for Marcus. I could not tell when the book is set other
than the near future (it was published in 2013).
There is a huge backstory going in the book about the high cost of
college education in the USA and some apparent usury going on in student
loan fees. I have no idea about the student loan usury. And yes,
college has gotten very expensive in the USA.
There is a public domain version of the book at:
http://craphound.com/homeland/download/
My rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (126 reviews)
Lynn
https://www.amazon.com/Homeland-Cory-Doctorow/dp/0765333708/
Book number two of a two book dystopian near future series. I don't
have a clue if there will be a third book in the series and I don't know
if I will read it if so. I read the trade paperback which used nice
paper and a good font for my old eyes.
Things are going to heck in a hand basket in near future San Fransisco
as the number of employed people is steadily dropping. Marcus has
dropped out of college and is desperately looking for a job. And people
are looking for Marcus. I could not tell when the book is set other
than the near future (it was published in 2013).
There is a huge backstory going in the book about the high cost of
college education in the USA and some apparent usury going on in student
loan fees. I have no idea about the student loan usury. And yes,
college has gotten very expensive in the USA.
There is a public domain version of the book at:
http://craphound.com/homeland/download/
My rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (126 reviews)
Lynn
Scott Lurndal
Apr 25, 2017, 10:40:06 AM4/25/17
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Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> writes:
>There is a huge backstory going in the book about the high cost of
>college education in the USA and some apparent usury going on in student
>loan fees. I have no idea about the student loan usury.
Oh, yes, indeed. One can get a 30 year mortgage for circa 3%, but
>There is a huge backstory going in the book about the high cost of
>college education in the USA and some apparent usury going on in student
>loan fees. I have no idea about the student loan usury.
a student loan will cost over twice that, if not more. And the T&C
are much more onerous.
William Hyde
Apr 25, 2017, 3:25:42 PM4/25/17
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On Monday, April 24, 2017 at 3:56:25 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:
And yes,
> college has gotten very expensive in the USA.
Assuming that my only income was my salary:
And yes,
> college has gotten very expensive in the USA.
When I was a research scientist at Texas A&M I could have (barely) afforded to pay tuition for a kid there. Though I was paid more at Duke, I couldn't possibly have afforded the fees.
The groundskeepers at Duke made, before all deductions, less than 60% of the fees. Though the fees were smaller at A&M, the proportion was about the same.
William Hyde
Default User
Apr 25, 2017, 4:54:43 PM4/25/17
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When I was a pup going to college in the mid 70s, it was pretty easy to fund yourself at a public university with a part-time or summer work. When I started in 1975, the tuition was $300/semester. I don't recall what fees were at the time. The minimum wage then was $2.10.
These days, the average tuition and fees in Missouri is over $4000/semester. So we're looking at least ten times as much. Minimum wage is now like $7.65. Not even 4X the 70s level.
Brian
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Apr 25, 2017, 7:40:20 PM4/25/17
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You don't make the payments they can take your house.
Here in Australia a mortgage is currently high 3 or low 4% but a personal loan is probably going to be around 12%
Stephen Graham
Apr 25, 2017, 7:46:33 PM4/25/17
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On 4/25/2017 1:54 PM, Default User wrote:
> These days, the average tuition and fees in Missouri is over $4000/semester. So we're looking at least ten times as much. Minimum wage is now like $7.65. Not even 4X the 70s level.
The key change is how much the state subsidizes in-state tuition.
> These days, the average tuition and fees in Missouri is over $4000/semester. So we're looking at least ten times as much. Minimum wage is now like $7.65. Not even 4X the 70s level.
Carl Fink
Apr 26, 2017, 9:07:56 AM4/26/17
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On 2017-04-25, Default User <defaul...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> These days, the average tuition and fees in Missouri is over
> $4000/semester. So we're looking at least ten times as much. Minimum
> wage is now like $7.65. Not even 4X the 70s level.
Here in New York, shortly: zero (for undergraduates).
> These days, the average tuition and fees in Missouri is over
> $4000/semester. So we're looking at least ten times as much. Minimum
> wage is now like $7.65. Not even 4X the 70s level.
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Default User
Apr 26, 2017, 4:52:57 PM4/26/17
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Brian
William Hyde
May 1, 2017, 11:05:38 PM5/1/17
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On Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 4:54:43 PM UTC-4, Default User wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 2:25:42 PM UTC-5, William Hyde wrote:
> > On Monday, April 24, 2017 at 3:56:25 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> > And yes,
> > > college has gotten very expensive in the USA.
> >
> > Assuming that my only income was my salary:
> >
> > When I was a research scientist at Texas A&M I could have (barely) afforded to pay tuition for a kid there. Though I was paid more at Duke, I couldn't possibly have afforded the fees.
> >
> > The groundskeepers at Duke made, before all deductions, less than 60% of the fees. Though the fees were smaller at A&M, the proportion was about the same.
>
> When was this?
Circa 2000.
> On Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 2:25:42 PM UTC-5, William Hyde wrote:
> > On Monday, April 24, 2017 at 3:56:25 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> > And yes,
> > > college has gotten very expensive in the USA.
> >
> > Assuming that my only income was my salary:
> >
> > When I was a research scientist at Texas A&M I could have (barely) afforded to pay tuition for a kid there. Though I was paid more at Duke, I couldn't possibly have afforded the fees.
> >
> > The groundskeepers at Duke made, before all deductions, less than 60% of the fees. Though the fees were smaller at A&M, the proportion was about the same.
>
> When was this?
Duke paid its workers more than minimum wage. I can't imagine that A&M paid anything more than the legal minimum.
William Hyde
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