The reverse class resentment on student debt/free college is disturbing.

[DanTex]

40. Polls show majority support for both policies. No more "divisive" than anything else the GOP hates.

1. The debt forgiveness/free college has no requirement that these students maintain a certain GPA or perform work in an underserved community.

Right, we don't want two classes of students, the wealthy who have no requirements and the "poor kids" that do. High school its still free even if you get Ds and spend all your time smoking weed. The opportunity is free, it's up to the individual to take advantage of it.

2. What about people who don't go to college but start a trade? An electrician, plumber or mechanic buying tools with debt to start making a living? Why is their debt inferior and not paid for?

Trade schools are free, and both Bernie and Warren and all the candidates have plans to support small businesses. You could just as nonsensically ask why are we helping people who start small businesses but not those who don't. We should help both.

3. Neither Sanders nor Warren proposed this until they ran for POTUS - and thus there is validity in an argument that it is just a ploy to get younger voters. Bernie has been in congress for 30+ years and the first time he thought of this was when he ran for POTUS. Nothing before then.

Umm, that's what people do when they run for president, they put together a platform. Like, Obama didn't have his healthcare plan until he ran for president. Biden didn't propose half the stuff on his platform when he was in congress. Bernie's been a democratic socialist all his life, so pretty sure he was always for free college. Warren used to be a Republican, but she changed her views, which good for her.