People will always be mad about something, and this month, they are going to be mad that some people will be eligible for college loan forbearance and they are not.

I get it. There are plenty of other excuses for the anger — handouts are going to drive inflation ... I paid for mine ... it isn't fair ... yada, yada, yada. But let's be honest, people are mad only when they don't get a piece of the pie.

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Thaddeus
Thaddeus

Thank you for some common sense. I'm tired of hearing conservatives whine and complain about student loan forgiveness like they don't see any young college educated people as being their fellow Americans. It's easy to hate student loan forgiveness when your entire argument is based on one of two strawman arguments, the first of which is college graduates being lazy goldbrickers living in their parents' basement, and the second is college graduates all being millionaire Wall Street bankers. People who deride Biden for forgiving some student loans ignore, maybe unknowingly but more likely willfully, that this forgiveness is a benefit to everyone who needed a college degree to get into their field but is suffering from the outrageous price of it. People like teachers, nurses, public service administrators, just to name a few. They're not rich and they're not unemployed. They're people who are just trying to make a living and will now find it a little easier. If conservatives truly believe that's an awful thing, then I have to wonder if they really have the best interests of their country at heart.

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MEPD Ret
MEPD Ret

Thaddeus,

I think I will run down to the bank and tell them they need to immediately "forgive" $10,000 from my mortgage debt. After all, it's a matter of "common sense" and "in the best interest of the Country".

I wonder how they will respond?

I'm certainly not a millionaire and have always been employed. It should be a no-brainer and seems only fair.

Maybe next I'll go to Town Hall and ask for a $10,000 property tax credit too.

Thanks for the advice.

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