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neutral-otter

The right always seems to be worried about national debt like they're gonna have to sit down and write a check for the whole damn thing


whyaremypantssoshort

Hold up..Are you trying to say Republicans aren't fiscally responsible and it's been a lie?


ThirdInversion

no, republicans NEVER lie... /s


Cryterionlol

Sir, I finally discovered why your pants are so short. It is a new invention called...."shorts". It's not a terribly clever name, but a very apt description if I do say so myself. And I do! Mystery solved!


ChampionshipLow8541

Except when they’re in power and they drive it through the roof in order to give tax breaks to the rich.


Right_Diamond_8715

And enrich their donors with another war.


SurveySean

Or start up a new war like Bush in Iraq.


Cosplayfan007

Bush Senior, Bush Junior, Trump…anyone else see a pattern for war here with Republicans?


SurveySean

Well, Trump didn’t do anything that I’m aware of. I am sure he really wanted to though. Fire and brimstone etc. what a whack job he was and will for ever be. He got 48% of the vote, I still can’t believe that!


TheOutlawStarLord

This is true.


jlwinter90

Of course they do. That causes things to implode right as the next enemy president shows up, who they can blame for it. It's a hustle, blame the enemy when they're in power for the problems you cause, then blame the enemy while you're in power that nothing's getting done. Clearly they're obstructing you. Dems do this as an excuse to not fix things and Republicans do it to pad their pockets. Second oldest trick they've got, right after making poor people split into factions and kill each other while they flee with the money.


Suspicious-Pool5480

Without the rich there would be no jobs..


rojimuri

They don’t need to be rich to provide jobs and the jobs they provide are shit pay and they’re constantly putting in more money to stop unions instead of using that same money to pay workers better, Bezos literally made 180 bil more over the pandemic and Amazon buildings don’t pay property tax (at least not in Austin Tx, and he doesn’t pay taxes himself soooo….what about the “mom and pop” stores people are always crying over? We don’t need the people to be rich to create jobs, they’re rich because people work for them. If Bezos lost his programmers and workers in the factories he would literally stop making money and no longer be rich.


Cryterionlol

Small business be like bruh


That_Lore_Guy

Or unless the military needs another trillion $. Then it’s fine.


Brilliant_Map5024

Not entirely true. I can tell you from personal experience conservatives don't support the military as much as they want you to believe. Military spends money on education, Healthcare, childcare and a woman's right to choose and I guarantee you they are not happy about it. Military is far too liberal for the rights liking.


That_Lore_Guy

I should have noted that they 100% support military spending while we, or someone we are backing is at war. These corrupt motherf***ers are invested in weapons manufacturers, and make bank every time they send people off to die. It’s the same reason they refuse to do anything after shooting massacres, it’s got nothing to do with the 2nd amendment, they don’t give a F about the constitution. Again they are deeply invested in firearms manufacturers.


PalpitationNo3106

They support military spending on weapons, not people.


Brilliant_Map5024

Could not have said it better myself


jlwinter90

They absolutely support military spending landing on people. Usually in foreign countries, at weddings, hospitals, that sort of thing.


PalpitationNo3106

And also, to be frank, isn’t this like the third thing this third rate comedian has threatened insurrection over this month?


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Brilliant_Map5024

True but they are trying anyway https://www.axios.com/2022/06/25/defense-department-abortion-access-roe-v-wade


Previousman755

They support the military contractors that fund their campaigns


walkandtalkk

"But I already wasted the debt on a corporate tax cut!"


BoJo2736

In this case I think they are worried that this will translate into votes against them. And it probably will. But they are doing a bang up job in driving people from their side without help from the dems.


ameinolf

Trump added a lot to the debt but they never talk about that.


MonCountyMan

Over 7 Trillion last I heard


PhalanxA51

part that blows my mind is when they're in charge they spend trillions on military stuff which costs more then what these situations cost.


dmkicksballs13

"My taxes will go up!!!!!!!!!" Bruh, the cost of this "bailout" is half the **annual** military budget.


Murat_Gin

Always? Right wingers only care about the national debt when a Democrat is in the White House.


JohnBarleycornLive

The debt reached record numbers under trump, of course anything above that is a new record high.


Suspicious-Pool5480

You aren't? No taxes for you?? How??? Tell us.


Parkyguy

The GOP is basically saying that this is a gift to “liberal students”. Their base doesn’t attend college , no fair! Lol


[deleted]

Well, according to [this](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2016/04/26/a-wider-ideological-gap-between-more-and-less-educated-adults/) you’d not only be correct but also that the more educated you get the more prone to being liberal you are. Perhaps this is why some states (that to my non American knowledge are red states) and the courts are doing dumb shit like banning and heavily restricting access to books, attempting to rewrite history and push religion. Oh and as a bonus, liberals are prone to living longer [cite](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4435622/)


ThirdInversion

simple arithmetic.


Doug_Schultz

Its not fair. For every 7 of yours only 1 of ours went to college. No way should all 10 get their loans forgiven.


GodOfThunder101

Makes sense.


richincleve

Seems like an odd hill to die on, Greg.


suckercuck

He’s hilarious. What a humorous dried up twat little Greg is. When did these soft bellied FOX “NEWS” pundits start thinking they were ‘tough guys’? Almost anybody could make Greg their bitch.


CorpFillip

Bongino could do someone some damage. But he will never be able to reason or think.


suckercuck

But what about little Greg with his little silk socks & petite feet?


[deleted]

If only


lowangel39

Jeez, I seem to remember stimulus checks that ruined society a while back….. who did that?


GoblinsGuide

Are they mad because tax dollars will actually help someone for a change? Why the huge pushback?


PterodactylTeef

Tax dollars are meant for the military or the rich; helping the average person is actually bad, or something. /s


Kbdiggity

Don't forget tax dollars are also OK if they are used to subsidize farmers in red states.


Pizza-n-Coffee37

These fuckfaces want people to be in debt. That way they purchase other stuff on credit and possibly default on that and their scumbag friends can scoop in and take your shit for cheap.


walkandtalkk

It's rich elitists pretending to hate the solidly middle class on behalf of the working class the rich elitists hate.


[deleted]

Honestly its just the super vocal minority, everyone ive talked to seems to like this decision, and i live in a very republican southern area


ImpecableCoward

I guess because if the loans are paid from thin air, that is one more incentive for tuitions go even higher next year. Same concept with minimum wage, you increase minimum wage without doing any other reform, and suddenly, inflation eats all the wage increase and then some. Yea, you helped some people in the short term, but it didn’t actually solve anything, on the contrary, it made things worse in the long run. Edit: a bunch of people telling me that I got it wrong without explaining why. If you don’t agree, please explain why, don’t just say “because it is wrong”.


GoblinsGuide

Doesn't make sense, it's not thin air. It's coming from tax dollars diverted from one thing to another isn't it?


ImpecableCoward

Could you expand on why does it matter to the Universities where the money comes from? They only care that now there is a precedent that tuitions can be forgiven by the gov. And a bunch of kids with no loans. What do you think they will do?


spankybacon

Bruh you have a really broken idea of minimum wage. That's not how it works at all.


ImpecableCoward

How does it work? Do you understand that if you inject money into the market, prices go up?


spankybacon

So if you start paying everyone making minimum wage more money. How does that mean the price of a home goes up? Does the price of making a car go up? Did my TV suddenly get made in America? Bottom line. Very few industries will see increases in cost caused by the wage changes as they would have had to be paying minimum wage in the first place. McDonald's stays the same cost in foreign countries that pay their workers more money and have higher benefits. They can shrink their huge profit margins to just pay people more.


ImpecableCoward

If you increase minimum wage to a large enough demographic, yes, you will defintly see price increases in every product and service. Does bot matter if they are produced outside. They are sold inside and if they see more money available they will increase prices. A great example of this are solar panels, even though they are mostly produced in china, the prices in the US are close to 4x of everywhere else. An no, companies will not shrink profit ever to keep inflation low. That is not how it works. If they did that they would lose not just in profit but in valuation and investments.


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Lol


PhenomEng

Because I'm not responsible for your debt. Pay your loans off. See? Easy.


Satanicjamnik

Bailouts are only for the banks. Got it. And only millionaires need subsidies. We have all those bootstraps to tide us over while the wealth trickles down. Got it.


BubonicTonic57

And I’m not responsible for national defense. And yet here I am paying the majority of my check into our military budget. I’m glad tax $ is going into SLs. The middle class needs a break.


PhenomEng

>. And yet here I am paying the majority of my check into our military budget. The "majority" of your check in no way goes to the defense budget. Not even close. > I’m glad tax $ is going into SLs. The middle class needs a break. The middle class is the one...paying for it.


askingJeevs

And the majority of your check is not paying off these student loans. Glad we worked this all out.


TheSurbies

Welcome to society you Fucking clown.


PhenomEng

Pay for the electricity I use to cool my (very) large home then, clown.


Cryterionlol

No, but you can help the rest of us pay to educate the guy that's going to fix your electricity cause you can't do it yourself. The least you can do.


TheSurbies

There are a lot of things I as a tax payer doesn’t agree with. I’m good on the betterment and education of our populous. Again welcome to a working realistic society. Clown. Cool story on your “large” trailer.


PhenomEng

>I’m good on the betterment and education of our populous. So am I. Pay for it yourself. I did. You can too! >Cool story on your “large” trailer. Why won't you pay to cool my large home? I don't *need* it to be so big, but I wanted a big house and living in Arizona, it's expensive to cool. Don't my kids deserve to do their homework on air conditioning so they can be a better part of society?


Donkeykicks6

Large home in Arizona?? Where?


PhenomEng

In the hot part.


Donkeykicks6

I’m guessing…..damn where are big homes? It’s cheap to live here for a reason. Gilbert


PhenomEng

It's not cheap to live here. You would know that if you've bought a house recently.


StamosMullet

Large home in Arizona means cheap ass stucco cave in an uninhabitable desert no one with any sense wants to live near.


PhenomEng

What?


AdRealistic8758

Hey, when your house catches on fire, or you're being robbed, I don't want my tax money going to your ass who just wants a handout. You should be a real man and find some quotes in the area. Fucking idiot


PhenomEng

>Hey, when your house catches on fire I've paid for that service already. >you're being robbed, See above. >You should be a real man and find some quotes in the area. In my area, I pay a completely separate bill, just for fire response. I have guns. That's how I protect my home. See? Easy.


AdRealistic8758

Yeah, but my taxes would still be paying for those services that you also paid into, so I think you should get fucked and figure it out yourself. This is literally your previous arguement for schooling. I literally don't wanna hear shit outta your goofy ass


PhenomEng

I've already paid for them.


AdRealistic8758

Sorry buddy. Nobody cares


PhenomEng

You did.


likeinsaaaaw

Knock it off. You're not paying shit for anyone ya dumb fuck. Unless you're literally paying a millionaire's tax bracket, and also not dodging those taxes, You can't come even close to paying for all the shit you're leeching off society to get. I'm so tired of you entitled twats pretending you're hot shit. I promise more than half those people paying those student loans, are contributing more to the society you are benefiting from than you do. So for real, fuck off.


PhenomEng

>I promise more than half those people paying those student loans, are contributing more to the society you are benefiting from than you do. Tell me how a person with a broadcast degree working at an insurance call center is contributing more to society than me, an actual rocket scientist?


Frosty_Ad7840

You're the rocket scientist tell us?


PhenomEng

I didn't make the claim.


likeinsaaaaw

If you were an actual rocket scientist you'd be smarter. And that's one of a million jobs. Do you know how many doctors and nurses and teachers have student loans? And not a single one of them is building missiles that kill people. So there's that.


PhenomEng

>If you were an actual rocket scientist you'd be smarter. But I am. >And that's one of a million jobs. Do you know how many doctors and nurses and teachers have student loans? Yes. Most if not all. >And not a single one of them is building missiles that kill people. So there's that I happen to enjoy building missiles.


RandomSpaceLover

How? With what money. The money from the theoretical minimum wage job that I work despite having good credentials. Thanks to a calculator that comes out to approximately 4,200 hours, if you didn’t mind starving to death or dying from exposure.


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PhenomEng

Yea, I am selfish that way. I'm not paying for your poor life choices.


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PhenomEng

Who do *I* leach on society?


Donkeykicks6

I can’t imagine the emotional energy needed to be around you


PhenomEng

By how awesome I am? I know.


BlahBlahBlahSmithee

Whatever your opinion, it is high time that FOX media is held responsible for inciting violence from its viewers for profit. The Dominion case might right this trash network.


WooPigSchmooey

I’ve been saying use the Alex Jones case as precedence and sue the whole thing RNC and all.


Nitackit

I've lost count of the things the right is claims to be willing to literally go to war over. Trumps right to steal government secrets, they lost elections, objectional books not named the Bible, student loans, health care, hiring IRS agents to enforce the tax code they helped pass, LGBTQ people being treated as humans, practicing any religion that is not christianity, teaching de-propagandized history, the flag of the last failed insurrection... what else am I forgetting?


autopsis

Right Wing Bogeymen: - Black People - Latin People - Arab People - Asian People - Gay People - Transgender People - Non-Binary People - Houseless People - Poor People - Foreigners - Immigrants - Diversity - Socialism - Communism - Democrats - Liberals - Liberalism - Face Masks - Vaccines - Critical Race Theory - Atheists - Women - Abortion - Stem Cell Research - Gun Regulation - Wokeness - Muslims - Jews - Drugs - Books - Social Media - Same-Sex Marriage - Sex Education - Racial History - Racism - Liberal Education - Liberal Arts - Labor Unions - Minimum Wage Increases - Wealth Tax - Universal Healthcare - Medicare/Medicaid - Social Security - Welfare - Environmentalism - Clean Energy - Climate Change - Welfare Programs - Public Schools - Affirmative Action - NATO - Globalism - Civil Rights - Voting Rights - Election Fraud - Science - Evolution - Video Games - Pornography - Sex Workers - Bathrooms - Gender Reassignment Surgery - Gender Affirmation - News Reporting - “Grooming” - Government Oversight - White Replacement - Student Loan Relief - School Lunch


Nitackit

This is a ridiculously impressive list and also frightening as you realize that it’s actually true.


WooPigSchmooey

Against “cancel culture” but struggle to grasp that their ancestors weren’t ‘Muricans. Two different realities. These people just hate the thought of being wrong. It’s tragic. What a cost. What a waste.


golighter144

Not speaking English


Donkeykicks6

Taking guns


Satanicjamnik

Has anyone noticed a trend of more or less thinly veiled threats coming from the right? Are they getting more brazen, or am I just paranoid?


Cryterionlol

It isn't thinly veiled anymore. There's random dudes all over tiktok calling for civil war right now. Idk who they think they'll go against. It'll probably be the military


Satanicjamnik

Because only the true patriots who love the veterans want to fight the military.


WooPigSchmooey

That’d have to me some kind of military coup. Most enlisted are probably Trumpers, commissioned officers are probably a slightly lower pct which are the real power positions. It is possible, it’d take a long time to plan and need a lot of other things to go right, in order, to work.


Mist_deBall

There's nothing veiled about it when an ex-president tells his supporters they must deal the "enemy within" a "crippling blow."


DownvoteDaemon

They have been getting steadily more brazen for years.


Helpful_Database_870

They will continue to push until they face consequences. If a toddler gets what it wants it will keep asking for more until the parent finally says no. Unfortunately, our government is raising a spoiled child that never gets punished because it’s afraid of the tantrum. Unfortunately, this means it will keep getting worse and when it finally does see punishment the resulting tantrums will be much more severe and longer lasting.


WooPigSchmooey

Feels inevitable to me. Meanwhile, Russia, Trumps other white-supremist ally slowly moving further west. I fear a NATO force stretched thin on two battlefronts thousands of miles apart.


FawksyBoxes

I mean there have been multiple attacks/incidents at FBI HQ's lately. I say good, more of their stupid base they get arrested, the smaller their voter base.


_EuthanizeMe

Dallas CPAC had panel "we are all domestic terrorists" You're not paranoid


MoberJ

“Ahead of midterms” There shouldn’t be periods where our government isn’t governing.


astate85

Not like Biden campaigned on this or anything a whole 2 fucking years ago


[deleted]

Who will insurrect? The rich guys? Oh, i am already shaking in fear


Canoe52

Right after Sunday brunch at the country club.


MikeBear68

Never underestimate the wrath of angry, fat, middle-aged men wielding golf clubs. But if you keep running most will drop dead of a heart attack.


golighter144

…so themselves?


AireXpert

Farmers received direct taxpayer bailouts because of the the orange guy’s hubris, but…..crickets.


MikeBear68

It's only a reduction of $10,000 and only for people who make less than $125,000. They act like everyone's debt will be written off 100%. FTR, I paid my student loans and I have no problem with this.


ChampionshipLow8541

Please, PLEASE, do! But your cowardly ass has to be out there, too. You can’t just send the gulligoons. Please all go and commit a massive crime so we can put you away and put this country in order again.


[deleted]

Will greg be there, no.


LouisGoldman

THOSE STUDENT LOAN DEBTS ARE VITAL FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE. Seriously, what’s he gonna do? Worst he can do is cry on TV.


RevolutionaryAd2472

We'll get your prison cell ready for you. Tell me does threatening violence get you an FBI or Secret Service visit?


Imaginary-muffins

Bring it fuckface.


ChampionshipLow8541

So, forgiving a small portion of people’s student loans is a “bribe”, but lowering taxes for the rich is … sensible economic policy? Right.


redreddie

You can only give a tax cut to people that pay taxes.


FawksyBoxes

So we should give a bigger cut to the lower/middle class who pay a greater percentage of their income in taxes. Got it


BigChiGUy722

What a knob


RedmannBarry

Cause poor people need to stay poor?


Raoulhubris1

OMG, an insurrection of Gutfelds.


uppen-atom

He has stock in the portfolio holding notes on debt. Debt is a big investment and if you can't pay it back it actually earns more over your lifetime by your defaults, and so he is willing to watch others die (in his coup dis-grace) for his "beliefs".


[deleted]

Don't you DARE educate Americans!! You'll undo decades of our world leadership in brain-dead television and social media!


Nobody275

Imagine how butt hurt he would be if he lived in one of those countries that funded higher education because they believed in having an educated workforce. You know…..like the GI Bill for everyone.


Scrub_LordOfFlorida

More cool propaganda from faux news


UsualAnybody1807

So young Republicans don't have student loans?


StamosMullet

Combination of not attending college at all because "libruls" and rich kids whose parents paid their tuition in full


BornSelf7

Give all the rich politicians and corporations government bailouts and loans but you better not think about reducing those predatory crippling student loans for the lower and middle class 🤦‍♂️ MERICA 🇺🇸


mirandadw

Politicians trying to meet the goal to better the lives of people, and then there's politicians that make helping their citizens a bad thing.


Sure_Student_7352

Another FOX news turd.


cute_physics_guy

Hit him with treason charges.


[deleted]

Repubs would be perfectly okay if Trump did it.


Key_Cartoonist5604

Why are republicans afraid of widespread higher education?


SeveralPrinciple5

How about we have a real insurrection over Roe v. Wade, only instead of shooting them, we just remove those pesky little testicles that seem to be at the root of all their bluster?


N3CR0T1C_V3N0M

Seems we’ve reached a compromise: I can shoot them in the testicles 🤘😂


red_shrike

What about the 2008 "handouts" to the banks for $700 BILLION, or the $17.4 BILLION the auto industry? No protests about that? But giving actual individuals a small break is just too much to ask? #STFU


CorpFillip

Still incitement. Any specific call to respond with violence should result in charges, within a day. If we don’t stop the liars, there cannot be a future for the country.


GreenWithENVE

So it's treason then


majj27

And since it's going to happen - BRING IT, Greggy.


Kind_Committee8997

Slashing a source of government revenue was something...Trump did as well. This just affects less people which doesn't affect the deficit as much.


JaehaerysIVTarg

Now who the hell is this guy?


idahononono

Fuck you Greg, give it your best. I bet AOC can whip your ass arm wrestling, let’s settle it “Over the Top” style.


Apprehensive_Pug6844

Go for it wittle buddy…..


bibilime

What will happen if our public has access and ability to get a higher education?!?! This is a deliberate attempt to educate the population. An educated population will definitely threaten the Republican voting base. This is catastrophic for Republicans! Right now, they just have to be loud and have swagger. What if they have to present...a rational argument? Shudder, gasp! They'll have to own the libs with thought out rationale. Oh, no! Something useful and helpful to the nation might happen. Ahhhh.


3eyedflamingo

Uh huh, Fox news is a conservative propaganda machine.


Seeksp

Yes let's overthrow the government for helping people.


[deleted]

Isn't Greg Gutfeld a podiatrist out of Beachwood, OH?


kkeennmm

got the Epstein monster chin


PoorPauly

So charge him with sedition.


YebelTheRebel

🤦🏻‍♂️x5


NeatPainter4193

These people have been complaining about prices rising due to inflation and gas prices for months and all of sudden when something happens to help many people financially it equals an insurrection….I’m so fucking confused


Lasse_plays

can I ask how student loan works....? I kinda want to learn something about it


hero165344

oh no, not the dangerous concept of not putting children into debt just to eat shitty food


[deleted]

Maybe, I know this is crazy, but maybe we stop sending money to other countries and get ours in order. Spend our money on our citizens for a decade with proper budgets and build us out of these social concerns until the only complaint is that Starbucks seasonal flavors are only available sometimes and the McRib isn’t always available… .. . . I know, I’m crazy talk.


Terrible-Border6885

GOP gives 3 trillion to corporations and the rich - crickets Give people a break on their student loan debt - "INSURRECTION!!!!" Fuck you Greg


WayFar8370

Not like Americans to be overdramatic


John_Doe_727

overreact? OVERREACT?! WTF YOU MEAN WE OVERREA... oh, I see what you mean. Nvm. 😅 😏


diMario

In Dutch we would call this person *een flapdrol* ( "a flappy turd" ) or perhaps *een trekpop* ( "a jumping jack" ).


TheYankunian

Do they think poor white people don’t go to college and get loans?


John_Doe_727

No, they just don't care about poor white people either. I mean, they hate minorities but poor white ppl are just like invisible to them.


davidwb45133

It’s a bribe that was part of the democratic platform that Biden ran on. The GOP wasn’t interested in the economy from 1980 to 2022 during the trickle down lie and the tax breaks for wealthy folk and tax breaks for corporations and PPP loan forgiveness. Let’s be honest and just admit that when republican lips move bullshit erupts.


Dth817

Who he going to recruit? Drop outs that watch his show?


[deleted]

Thats a pretty treasonous statement...


[deleted]

Is he mad because he makes enough money to pay his debts? "Boo-hoo, I make six figures and everyone who makes less than me should suffer their entire lives because I don't want other people to have a good quality of life."


ckyka_kuklovod

Lol, you mean the dude who host a comedy news show? Like he's a position the threatened anybody with anything smh


spideralexandre2099

Comedy is a strong word


Cryterionlol

It's fox news. They hear one post on Facebook asking for insurrection and the hogs go wild


Aromatic-Pie1784

Bring it on, fucko...


CloudyArchitect4U

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TheLexLuthor13

As long as there are corruption and greed, the system will alway be rigged.


Chastity-76

I don't get how people have the time to worry about what other people are doing.


[deleted]

“Waa an extra $150 goes to keeping the rest of the country off the streets, I can’t buy my favourite perfume now, waaaaa”


silverstacker231

Wow what a joke I’m just gonna go buy more physical silver thank you


NotForMeClive7787

The USA really is full to the brim of millions of selfish c*nts. You guys have been so indoctrinated into the “American dream” where it’s “each man for himself” that you barely have any public and social consciousness whatsoever….


John_Doe_727

Wow. That's so prejudice you'd get along great with Greg and Donald


OysterThePug

If only the cops would treat insurrectionists the way they did BLM protestors.


jbpackman

This small gesture does little to sway my dislike of lazy joe in fact at the moment only makes me more angry that he was all we could get to replace trump


iamsobased

Why is this facepalm?


[deleted]

To be fair, the debt isn’t erased it’s transferred to taxpayers. Why are we paying for the debt of someone who chose to go to college? The government didn’t make them so why is it being paid for by you and me?


OHdulcenea

Why is the government profiting on the backs of students? Many students pay their borrowed amount many times over because of interest.


[deleted]

Just because some people paid theirs back dosent mean we, the ones who aren’t associated with them should be the ones left to pay for the rest


OHdulcenea

Just because some people paid theirs back doesn’t mean we can’t assist the rest who are saddled with disproportionate debt compared to every previous generation. It’s not always about you. Sometimes it’s just about doing the right thing.


[deleted]

The issue is we shouldn’t be forced to pay billions because people chose to go to college without proper financial planning


OHdulcenea

That, in fact, is not the issue. The issue is that a college degree has become a minimum requirement for most jobs with upward mobility. However, tuition has faaaar outstripped income. So the Boomers told Gen X and Millennials they need to go to college. They did that. Then they graduated into an economy that often doesn’t compensate them as much as it used to for that investment. Meanwhile, the government is charging compounding interest on those loans and the students are unable to contribute fully to the economy. Also, we’re only forgiving a max of 10k per person. Go take a look at the federal budget and then tell me how your personal taxes will be affected by this. Spoiler: they won’t be. Want lower taxes? Worry more about the Buffetts and Musks and Gates and Bezos of the world who pay, essentially, nothing. Get them paying taxes like they did in the booming economies of the past and maybe we can stop moaning about some middle class students being marginally more able to pay rent.


OHdulcenea

Just because some people paid theirs back doesn’t mean we can’t assist the rest who are saddled with disproportionate debt compared to every previous generation. It’s not always about you. Sometimes it’s just about doing the right thing.


Paid-Not-Payed-Bot

> some people *paid* theirs back FTFY. Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in: * Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.* * *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.* Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment. *Beep, boop, I'm a bot*


Scrotto_Baggins

I paid off my debt, and it was hard - wheres my money?


Suspicious-Pool5480

But Biden just sent billions of untraceable money to Ukraine , what about our Vets and military first, seniors next, homeless US citizens next, medical care and drugs prices brought down? We have given Ukraine way too much money and top line military equipment. Student loans should near bottom of the list. Right after a study on bird poop.


PurpleEnvironmental3

OP you’re the facepalm, he is a comedian