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Because you suffered, everyone in perpetuity must also suffer?

• asdfman123 7y ago
  Why do people think this is a good argument whenever I bring that up? Because I signed an agreement that I must pay back my loans, I paid back my loans. For the record, I didn't suffer. I felt fine and did plenty of fun things. I think the biggest mistake Americans make as a society is confusing convenience with happiness. I would in fact be in favor of free college for everyone, but I hate this victim mindset floating around, and I think the largest benefits should go to the most prudent and responsible, instead of taxing people who withheld in their younger years to pay for people who didn't.
• buboard 7y ago
  If this argument is made in public, people will never support debt forgiveness. not only it breaks the social contract with severe entitlement, it's also very hard to accept that people who can afford harvard or stanford "suffer" populist emotional arguments are good when there is the populus to empathize with it. the vast majority of people won't care for such "plight".
  • asdfman123 7y ago
    You have to realize a lot of kids who went to Harvard and Stanford were just smart kids from normal suburban families and middle class homes. And many of them have middle class jobs, just like people with similar SAT scores who went to state schools instead. Be wary of populist urges to tear down people you perceive to be "better" than you because maybe they're really not, or they're not the cause of the problem. Do things that will improve society, not just satiate your urge for blood.
    • erikpukinskis 7y ago
      What’s the endgame though? You have the federal government pay UChigago $100k a year times however many kids? And then when UChicago raises the price to $120k, the federal government pays that? Where does it end? I’m not against free college, or debt forgiveness, but sometimes even if you have a goal there’s no regulatory framework that can meet it. If I wanted to prohibit abortions, while discouraging birth control, and ensuring victims of abuse get to control their bodies... well, sorry. There’s just no regulatory framework that can achieve that. Doesn’t matter what I think is “right”.
    • buboard 7y ago
      yeah no, i m not from the US and didn't study there so i don't perceive anyone as better or worse. But if the smartest, non-poor people can't keep their promises and are looking for shortcuts that would really make society worse. Painting what's normal (paying off debts) as "bloody" revenge is pure hyperbole
• Gunax 7y ago
  Someone is suffering. It's either the taxpayer or the receiver of the education.
• fortran77 7y ago
  I'm against loan forgiveness. I went to an inexpensive local college, took the public bus to class, lived with my parents (I realize I was "privileged" enough to be able to do this), worked 25 hours/week while going to school, and took as many classes as possible at a low-cost community college that could be applied for credit to my 4-year degree. I graduated with no debt. I don't think others should also suffer. That's why, I want the government to stop backing student loans, and make new non-government loans like any other loan, including bk discharge. Tuitions would drop rapidly, and nobody "in perpetuity" will have to suffer. Most people who are against forgiveness are also against continuing to write new loans!
• paulddraper 7y ago
  > in perpetuity How is "debt forgiveness" solving the problem in perpetuity? Debt forgiveness applies only to past debt, not future debt, unless I am misunderstanding the words.