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In reply to the discussion: Blanket student loan forgiveness is redistributing wealth upward [View all]Thtwudbeme
(7,737 posts)81. I am a librarian-
So, you are living without a degree you would have loved, and based your choices on income?
There's something very wrong with what you just wrote. We are going to destroy the creativity in this country so people can pay hundreds of dollars in school loans, and then live in a rental that costs thousands a month while getting trapped by the healthcare industry even further.
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The number of people with loans making hundreds of thousands a year is surely small.
LonePirate
May 2022
#36
Rolling back just one of the latest billionaire tax cuts would cover all outstanding debt.
Doremus
May 2022
#21
NO social program is "fair" to everyone. Can we please drop that silliness as a talking point?
Thtwudbeme
May 2022
#7
Librarians working outside of the corporate arena have always made little money.
Scrivener7
May 2022
#52
No. There isn't anything wrong with what I wrote. There were a number of paths
Scrivener7
May 2022
#88
All my debts are paid, and I am financially fine. What you wrote is incredibly sad
Thtwudbeme
May 2022
#89
OK. Fine, but again, what is your point about the cost of living, the salary
Scrivener7
May 2022
#93
If it depends on getting a bill through congress, we are screwed and it's silly to discuss
questionseverything
May 2022
#60
Blanket student loan forgiveness is a political nuclear bomb that will destroy the Democratic party
Recursion
May 2022
#31
Like last election year's "Defund the Police" slogan that's rarely uttered since, & has been now...
Budi
May 2022
#43
Student loans wouldn't even be an issue if we did them through payroll deductions
Recursion
May 2022
#59
So tax the rich. The issue isn't loan forgiveness being unfair; our taxation system is. nt
Gore1FL
May 2022
#33
Student loans are one of the few things clawing down the gap between non-college graduates
Recursion
May 2022
#48
I would assume we would keep doing it. Affordable college is the point. It's not a cash grab. nt
Gore1FL
May 2022
#53
I don't see affordable college as a losing issue. I therefore reject the 20-year lock out argument.
Gore1FL
May 2022
#56
I just told you there is one pediatric cancer doctor for three counties in a remote region.
Act_of_Reparation
May 2022
#133
Cap forgiveness at the average amount for in-state tuition for a state school
Politicub
May 2022
#100
Yes, and what about parents who have a college fund for their kids? They'd be stupid to use it for
Alhena
May 2022
#122
The problem with forgiving student debt is what about students starting college next year.
asa4ever
May 2022
#118