This is the 3rd installment of my reply to a “challenge to any Democrat” to explain “how any of this makes sense.” [FN1] The 4/28 challenge consists of 18 unnumbered points [FN2] & I have replied to points 1-6. [FN3] Too often, such vitriol has gone unaddressed. 1/14

4/28 has not marred the post’s free flow of vitriol w/pesky documentation. Many on the far right believe that bluster alone can “win” arguments. I believe these issues need to be addressed & are vital to our future. That’s why I footnote and present cogent argument such as... 2/14

4/28: “7) People who have never been to college should pay the debts of college students who took out huge loans for their degrees.” 4/28 challenges me to explain “how any of this makes sense,” i.e., 4/28 challenges me to explain 4/28's ignorance to 4/28. 3/14

A) Higher ed is valuable to society. [FN4] 4/28 does not dispute this notion, but I footnote it nonetheless. Those who disdain higher ed can tell the rest of us how self-surgery works for them or if they miss driving a car over a bridge or flying somewhere. Without higher ed 4/14

those things would be absent from our world.
B) Education is not free, but ignorance is far more expensive. During Ronald Reagan’s two terms as Governor, California’s public colleges & universities dropped in quality. [FN5] 5/14

Angry at students who demonstrated against U.S. military in Vietnam, Reagan screwed State colleges. [FN6]
C) Some schools address student debt. Students do not take out loans. Scholarships, stipends and other financial aid, often not related to financial aid = college w/o debt. [FN7] 6/14

4/28 does not say how much of that tax bill addressed to 4/28 is to “pay the debts of college students who took out huge loans for their degrees.” But hell, I inferred 4/28 is one of those people “who have never been to college.” 7/14

4/28: “8) Immigrants with tuberculosis and polio are welcome, but you’d better be able to prove your dog is vaccinated?” Person w/infectious TB is inadmissible. [FN8] A person must have been vaccinated for polio to enter the U.S. [FN9] So yeah, vaccinate the dog, 8/14

4/28: “9) Irish doctors and German engineers who want to immigrate to the US must go through a rigorous vetting process, but any illiterate gang member or terrorist who jumps the southern fence is welcome?” The “vetting process” for a member of profession is different 9/14

from immigration status itself. E.g., the Irish doctor to practice medicine here would have to clear hurdles. [FN10] Of course, this presumes the Irish doctor and German engineer are white, as the balance of this point is blatantly racist. Never went to college, huh? 10/14

Footnotes:
FN1. I’ve received no reply from the person who is purported to have posted the challenge. It is possible someone posted the doggerel under that name w/o knowledge or permission. I’ll refer to the poster as 4/28, as I have in the prior two replies. 11/14

FN2. For clarity & ease of reference I’ve numbered each point.
FN3. I’ve taken up the challenge, so I’ll refer to myself as appropriate.
FN4. Institute for Higher Education Policy, “Higher Education’s Economic Benefits to Communities,” 10/8/25, accessed 4/29/26. 12/14

FN5. Aaron Bady and Mike Konczal, “From Master Plan to No Plan: The Slow Death of Public Higher Education,” Dissent, Fall 2012, accessed 4/29/26.
FN6. Id.
FN7. The Scholarship System, “A Complete List of No Loan Colleges (and What it Means to Your Student),” updated 1/24/26, accessed 4/29/26. 13/14

FN8. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, “Chapter 6 - Communicable Diseases of Public Health Significance,” accessed 4/29/26.
FN9. Id., “Chapter 9 - Vaccination Requirement. A. Vaccination Requirements for Immigrants,” accessed 4/29/26.
FN10. AMA, “Practicing medicine in the U.S. as an international medical graduate,” accessed 4/29/26. 14/14