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Farmer-Rick

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18. How come my "choice" to be born into a filthy rich family didn't work out?
Sun Nov 6, 2022, 10:39 AM
Nov 2022

They forgave Kushner's PPP debt and a bunch of other millionaires and billionaires got their PPP debt forgiven. They bailed out the banks in the 2008 crash. They handed out loans to corporations for almost a decade at 0.001% interest while charging students in excess of 8%.

So the US federal government has been forgiving loans and handing out our tax dollars to the filthy rich for a good long while. So how come no one objected to that kind of loan forgiveness? GOP and hypocrites are all in favor of loan forgiveness. It's just the filthy rich you all want to give forgiveness to; not anyone else.

And life is Not a series of choices like you would like to think. I didn't get to decide on my poor family when I was born. I didn't get to decide if my father inherited millions. I didn't get to decide when an unlicensed, illegal tractor trailer drove over my car and injured me so badly, my hospital bills were in the millions. I did not get to decide if my spouse became a drug addict thanks to doctors pushing oxycodone. (Half of this did not happen, it's just an example.)

I didn't get to decide that my spouse died young, traumatizing my children and me. These were not choices. This was very bad luck. And life is much more about luck then about choices. You can't choose everything that happens to you.

And punishing somebody because life screwed them over and withholding loan forgiveness from those who have the worse luck is just cruelty.

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So this a new?.... Lovie777 Nov 2022 #1
Yep, this is the second time she's denied the emergency request. nt MarineCombatEngineer Nov 2022 #3
Republicans using the courts to delay, delay, delay until they take over and cancel the program. Lonestarblue Nov 2022 #2
Biden is using the "state of emergency" to do it not congress. oldsoftie Nov 2022 #4
Yes, it's so terrible when principal is long paid off and AllyCat Nov 2022 #10
Partially right. Everyone makes a choice. You don't need a 6 figure debt to get educated oldsoftie Nov 2022 #11
Well, you'll be thrilled when all these lawsuits decide against AllyCat Nov 2022 #13
yes, you can play the "poor pitiful me" card if you like. oldsoftie Nov 2022 #14
Yes we all make choices however if I understand it correctly this is only applying to those that cstanleytech Nov 2022 #17
How come my "choice" to be born into a filthy rich family didn't work out? Farmer-Rick Nov 2022 #18
And for those that have FFELP......loans or a private loan.... turbinetree Nov 2022 #5
It was going only be direct loans only imavoter Nov 2022 #8
I am also in that "boat' I have a loan that goes back to before 2010 turbinetree Nov 2022 #15
And then there is / was this article from back in the day..... turbinetree Nov 2022 #16
Didn't know it Rebl2 Nov 2022 #6
Still wish the whole thing had been packaged as a interest relief package. It would make the GOP LT Barclay Nov 2022 #7
Thats exactly what should've been done. And your 2nd point is perfect. oldsoftie Nov 2022 #12
Such a waste of time and money. live love laugh Nov 2022 #9
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