Speaking as someone who had student loans and paid them off WITH THE SWEAT OF MY OWN BROW —
Fucking good, student loans are a scam and a betrayal of the American promise to our youth, get those loans forgiven and have one less financial noose around your neck
Fucking good, student loans are a scam and a betrayal of the American promise to our youth, get those loans forgiven and have one less financial noose around your neck
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I may be the only person ever to have made a witchy circle out of FAFSA forms :)
(And a fire extinguisher because I released the circle by setting the entire affair on fire at the end :) )
I have NO problem with the obscene debts saddling younger folks these days being forgiven. In this case here, especially where the law originally said they were supposed to be, but GOPers kept saying "No, you should suffer perpetual indentured servitude."
That shit was the worst and nobody should deal with that!
The student loan industry is NOT legitimate.
Also... people working in service to the good of society deserve a break. They often work in difficult, thankless & dangerous jobs.
Just unimaginable today.
In an ideal world, this would also spur conversation about overall college costs and nonpredatory financial aid options, but ... hope springs eternal.
I was naive enough to wonder why the Reagan Administration would want to make it harder for people to become gainfully employed taxpayers.
A lot less people back in the day per capita were graduating with degrees that didn't help their career
Massive student loan debt is b/c Republicans cut taxes, eviscerating school funding, resulting in massive tuition increases.
Fix the tax system, reduce tuition, students won't need (as much) loans, problem solved.
These days, school loans are just another attack on the dwindling middle class and a punch to the throat of the poor.
Who wouldn’t want that for everyone?
same
Stop the means testing. Forgive it all. It’s an easy, immediate way to materially improve millions of lives.
“That was a shitty experience. No one else should have to suffer through that!”
And:
“If I had to suffer, so should everyone else!”
Be the first one.
Screw that "if I had to suffer, you have to suffer" mentality. We need to break the cycle of abusive thinking.
Forgive student loans. All of 'em.
And I know so many people who are just as smart as me, if not smarter, who simply don’t do well on standardized tests.
So they either didn’t get higher ed or got burdened with loans. And that sucks.
I say screw it! Forgive the student loans. Don't make kids start their first job — whether in a trade, as an academic, or in the business world — in debt and already trapped on the treadmill.
We were kids, little to no financial education whatsoever, and were bullied into signing the damn things by teachers, counselors and our damned parents.
The student loans for my four years of university wouldn't pay for even one year at that university now. Nobody needs to start their adult lives weighed down with debt.
Student loans should at least be locked into a 1-2% interest rate and not excluded from bankruptcy.
took my 20 years to pay off my loans and i went to school in the UK when it was relatively cheap i say cancel all student debt
I am fully in support of loan forgiveness. Frankly, I think it's one of those moments when it's both a moral good and good for the economy.
https://youtube.com/shorts/TEepJQoVlzc?feature=shared
This is what my taxes *should* go for, dammit.