Cute response, SoloMio. I guess everyone needs to rant once in a while.
I was born in India. I remember when I was a kid one of the big joys we had was the day my dad brought a tabletop radio home. We never more transportation than a bicycle.
My father was asked to come here by his professor while doing research in India. He came on borrowed money. We came two years later. He completed his Ph.D. and got a job teaching. I'm sure you know that professors (especially sociologists) don't make a whole lot of money. We bought used cars and lived in apartments (I remember painting one to save some rent) until I entered high school.
Finally, in 1975, we bought a house. Yeah, my dad earned a whopping 18,000 a year, I think.
To make a long story short, he's got 1 child a Ph.D., and two children MDs.
He finally retired this year. I think his ending salary after 35 years of teaching just hit 80K.
Yes, we walked out of schools with debt. Of course the MDs have a much higher debt load. So what? They earn a lot more. After a few years of saving and repaying, the debt is cleared. Big Whoop.
