Early Sunsets

According to Turbo Tax, the average 19 year old in VA using their website is 124k in debt. How the hell is the average that high? College is not that expensive, unless the average person goes to an Ivy League university or some shit, which I know is not the case. After the one year of college I took I only have 6k to pay in student loans, and that's after the dorm costs, food costs, etc. If I hadn't gotten my scholarship or grants, that would still only be less than 20k. People are just ridiculously bad at managing money, I guess. I'm not good at it either, but I'm certainly not in a pit that deep.

Go to an in-state university, or look at out-of-state community colleges if you absolutely have to leave home. Better yet, go to a local community college and chances are you'll have less than 5k in loans after two years, possibly even $0 if you get good enough scholarships.

Sorry for the rant. I just get annoyed when people with terrible spending habits complain that the economy is broken or living expenses are unrealistically high or whatever. True, things aren't perfect, but they're not horrible either if you use common sense.

I could say something political here about a few people running for president who really should just go to a retirement home already, but I hate arguing, so I'll just leave it there.