I have a really hard time understanding how we justify spending money on debt relief for an otherwise capable population when 1 in 8 Americans is food insecure,

I have a really hard time understanding how we justify spending money on debt relief for an otherwise capable population when 1 in 8 Americans is food insecure, 9% of seniors have overdue medical debt. It feels like the squeaky, social media savvy, politically mobilized wheel got the grease.