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In reply to the discussion: Warren: "Unfairness" of loan relief is like saying no to SS because prior generations didn't have it [View all]mike_c
(36,214 posts)98. life isn't always fair to everyone...
...but that doesn't mean we shouldn't do what we can for those we can do for. That is why everyone finances public schools whether they have school aged children or not. I would happily pay taxes to provide relief where we can, instead of endless wars for endless profits. The argument that we shouldn't have to help support people who we think made poor decisions is unworthy of Democrats, IMO.
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Warren: "Unfairness" of loan relief is like saying no to SS because prior generations didn't have it [View all]
BeyondGeography
Jan 2020
OP
People who were 85 at the start of Social Security didn't get retroactive payments
dragonlady
Jan 2020
#64
A whole lot of DUers agree with the selfish father. There was a huge thread on it last night.
LonePirate
Jan 2020
#7
Yes he was/is. He didn't want Warren helping other people obtain an education.
LonePirate
Jan 2020
#11
It was clear from what he said that he didn't see why the government should pick up the
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#12
No one forced those students to borrow massive amounts. The ones who borrowed the most did so
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#23
That's under $150/mo over 20 years, and I think the loan balance is forgiven after 20 years.
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#53
People with lower incomes because they don't have degrees have to wait, too, if they can ever
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#62
They don't have to watch others being given debt forgiveness for nothing. And I imagine if any
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#73
Only in tupsy-turvy world are those who pay their own way considered "selfish" and those
The Valley Below
Jan 2020
#51
If Democrats support policies of virtuous cruelty and selfishness, they will lose in November nt
Fiendish Thingy
Jan 2020
#6
Bingo! If voters want cruelty and selfishness, 45 will win them over each and every time.
LonePirate
Jan 2020
#9
It will get much tougher as word gets out that her plan, like Sanders', provides most of the
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#18
No, it isn't. Social Security was never offering tens of thousands of dollars (or potenteially
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#8
Still have no idea what you're talking about, since there's nothing in there about millennials and
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#41
Did you notice Johnson recommended that people who'd already paid their debt get a $50,000 credit?
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#26
No, I'm not to the right of a Trumper. I've never said I'm an absolute no on loan relief.
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#35
When people get riled about this they really ought to stop and think about all the handouts to corps
captain queeg
Jan 2020
#17
I was listening to a financial-advice show last year where a parent asked if she should take
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#29
Doesn't Elizabeth's proposal have a means test? Won't the very rich be ineligible for student loan
totodeinhere
Jan 2020
#90
No, the unfairness is that it's a lot of money going to some very well-off people
Recursion
Jan 2020
#94