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I get your point, but it doesn't work like that in the UK so your example wouldn't happen. However, if it did.. I don't think I'd be annoyed but that's hard to

I get your point, but it doesn't work like that in the UK so your example wouldn't happen. However, if it did.. I don't think I'd be annoyed but that's hard to say until it happens. In some respects, it would actually work in a similar way though. In their statement, they said that they'd forgive the student debt of those currently studying, but not those who had already finished (like me). For this I can safely say that I'd still be incredibly happy. By the way, I'm not trying to paint American's in a negative light. I'm a big fan of America, but it is a difference as far as I can tell, although which line of thinking is right is incredibly hard to say.

refurb 7y ago
The distinction between the two scenarios is important though, because if the US gov't was to institute changes to college where newly attending students got a break that earlier students didn't, sure you'd get pushback, but not nearly as much as just forgiving existing student loans. The US is more individualistic than the UK, but we're not entirely heartless bastards.