Young and Old By Hank Silverberg I am very lucky to have two wonderful grandchildren who live nearby and are often playing around my house as I write this blog. They are both bright boys, and I expect their quality of life to be better than mine. But at times, I worry it won’t happen. Getting a college education has always been encouraged in my family, and it has worked out well for those of us in the Baby Boomer generation, for the most part (see story angle below). Our children also did pretty well, though like many of their classmates, they are now strapped with huge student loans that are getting harder and harder to pay off. So, it was with great alarm that I noted this story that floated around the edges of the news cycle this past week. Just the headline should make many people a bit nervous. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/10/trump-proposes-end-to-student-loan-forgiveness-program.html The President’s proposed budget for 2021 includes cuts of $170 bi