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Originally Posted by Brobocop
I don't get this attitude of "Where's mine?" I mean, we treat new diseases and even cure them. Do those who suffered from them say, "Hey I fought the disease and won even if it cost me cash and time, you should do the same!"
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I’m not sure I’m down with your analogy. I think there’s a distinction between medical innovation treating a disease you never signed up for and the government forgiving a debt that you did sign up for.
I’m very in the middle on this... in one of my posts I mentioned having six figures in student loan debt now under $20k. I’m not saying “where’s mine?” but I have no argument against a post like Wade’s... dude made numerous sacrifices to clear the debt, and those after him got the magic wand treatment from the government (in this hypothetical).
I think clean slate debt forgiveness is off the table. Just too many opposed to it. And I think some degree of accountability needs to be put in place in any sort of debt forgiveness program just as a teaching lesson. But I 100% agree the amount of debt students are stuck with these days is absurd, and I think for the betterment of the country we need to address college costs and help those who are totally F’d with student loan debt begin to un-F themselves. I’m rooting for everyone in this case.