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> Imagine how you would feel if you were from a family that had scrimped and saved to send you to college, you worked night jobs, etc. Only to find that at the

> Imagine how you would feel if you were from a family that had scrimped and saved to send you to college, you worked night jobs, etc. Only to find that at the end everyone else who had taken out loans had them forgiven (basically). An old, old complaint. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Workers_in_the_Vineyard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Workers_in_the_... ‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’ “But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius? Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you. Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

ceceron 6y ago
This is not a proper analogy. The government money comes from taxes, they are not doing charity out of their funds.
supernova87a 6y ago
An old old complaint, yes -- meaning that it diminishes the legitimacy of the complaint and we should have gotten over this schoolchild thinking years ago? Or that it's a fundamental feeling in human beings and we'd better be careful to take it into account?
- hprotagonist 6y ago
  “warning, haters are gonna hate” is always worth keeping in mind, of course. then you tell these sorts of stories and hope that people admit that “i got mine so screw you” is a bad way to live. it does not mean that student loan forgiveness can’t happen, or that societies are somehow forbidden from acting altruistically because people are going to have this feeling. It does mean you need to be ready for it. For myself, my undergrad degree cost about $250k, and nobody gave me a scholarship, and i am overjoyed if someone else doesn’t have to play that idiotic game.
foogazi 6y ago
> Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Yes, please do whatever you want with your own money

ceceron 6y ago

This is not a proper analogy. The government money comes from taxes, they are not doing charity out of their funds.

supernova87a 6y ago

An old old complaint, yes -- meaning that it diminishes the legitimacy of the complaint and we should have gotten over this schoolchild thinking years ago? Or that it's a fundamental feeling in human beings and we'd better be careful to take it into account?

hprotagonist 6y ago
“warning, haters are gonna hate” is always worth keeping in mind, of course. then you tell these sorts of stories and hope that people admit that “i got mine so screw you” is a bad way to live. it does not mean that student loan forgiveness can’t happen, or that societies are somehow forbidden from acting altruistically because people are going to have this feeling. It does mean you need to be ready for it. For myself, my undergrad degree cost about $250k, and nobody gave me a scholarship, and i am overjoyed if someone else doesn’t have to play that idiotic game.

foogazi 6y ago

> Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Yes, please do whatever you want with your own money