Sanders' student debt forgiveness plan could give 100x as much to future lawyers, execs and doctors

[booley]

22. So poor people never work to become Doctors or lawyers?

Poor people never go for a Business major?

That alone seems a fatal flaw in your argument as it presupposes that anyone who enters these fields was from a wealthy family, to begin with. And that such a degree is a guarantee of wealth. College was always supposed to be a path to higher social mobility. Though that is not a guarantee, especially if you start out with crushing debt.

I am reminded of my friend Bry who has 100,000 in debt.. from a law degree.. and is working at a crappy exploitative job that only just helps him pay his student loans. That is, after years of being unemployed. If he didn't have that debt he could start to pull ahead.

A few other problems with this argument

Sanders loan forgiveness only applies to Public Universities. Rich families don't' send their kids to the local school.

We have a shortage of Doctors so personally I don't' care even if they will get rich in the end. Though more likely not having crushing debt will mean some of those doctors will be ok working at clinics and rural hospitals.

Rich people are the ones paying for this. So who cares if they benefit when their success means they will pay it right back into the system?

Finally, universality makes for a stronger system. Once we do means testing, we habd Republicans the tools they need to start dismantling it. Just like they do with food stamps and other programs.

So yeah... I can't really accept your argument here. It has too many flaws.