3 ms·
I'm not sure how one thinks "actually targeting the problem" will be easier than forgiving loans. What do you think would actually fix the problem? Because, I t
by UtopiaPunk 3y ago
I'm not sure how one thinks "actually targeting the problem" will be easier than forgiving loans. What do you think would actually fix the problem? Because, I think it would require a large subsidized, if not nationalized, public university system with free tuition or near-free tuition. And that's a much bigger task than forgiving loans.
- sanderjd 3y agoI don't think it will be easier! But I don't think forgiving the loans is harmless, I think it makes the problem worse. So I don't support doing an easier thing that makes the problem both worse and also even harder politically to solve than it already was. I think there are a number of policies to consider, all the way from beefing up the current programs - like income based repayment, public service forgiveness, and grants - to regulatory price controls, to your idea of nationalizing essentially the current system, to rethinking the whole concept of what college is for and who should go. There are a bunch of different things I might support depending on the details, but just "I dunno, do a one time blanket forgiveness and nothing else I guess?" really ain't it.