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I get helping those who are legitimately low income. But this is much broader than that. Please explain how this is not rewarding those who chose to spend the
by collidge 7y ago
I get helping those who are legitimately low income. But this is much broader than that.
Please explain how this is not rewarding those who chose to spend their money on luxuries instead of paying their debt. What about those of us who paid off our debt by living frugally?
As someone in favor of universal health care, subsidizing college, etc, I'm still against this particular policy decision. It's badly-thought-out populist candy.
- overthemoon 7y agoWhat ABOUT you? Is your objection that something good is happening to someone suffering under student loan debt? What is the disconnect? "I suffered so they should suffer, too" is not a meaningful objection. Freedom that only affects some and doesn't somehow compensate people who are already free is still freedom. Moreover the insinuation that the only people in student loan debt are irresponsible is nonsense. It doesn't make right everyone who lost lifetime income to student loans. It doesn't bring people to life who died in car accidents, and it doesn't give me money back that I spent on a comparatively slow computer 10 years ago. It's still good.
- collidge 7y ago"Moreover the insinuation that the only people in student loan debt are irresponsible is nonsense." This isn't what I said. If you want to twist other people's words, I can do that too: "There are unfair things in life therefore we should not put any effort into trying to make our own policies fair".