Ersatz86@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoBiden proposes new student-loan measures after court defeatwww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkBiden proposes new student-loan measures after court defeatwww.reuters.comErsatz86@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square70fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareVictoriousStalemate@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down6·1 year agoWhat about those who took out loans, paid them back, AND paid $80k+ in extra taxes due to the degree they got? Fuck those people, right? If you took out a loan, you pay it back. You. Not the taxpayers.
minus-squareDerGottesknecht@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoYou realise your argument is basically “We couldn’t help one person, now we can’t help anyone else or it would be unfair.” And noone who already paid off the loans is in a worse position if others don’t have to.
minus-squarebodiesofeverest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year ago“Wait, I had to work in the mines at 10 years old, why are you banning it now for children? That’s not fair.”
What about those who took out loans, paid them back, AND paid $80k+ in extra taxes due to the degree they got?
Fuck those people, right?
If you took out a loan, you pay it back. You. Not the taxpayers.
You realise your argument is basically “We couldn’t help one person, now we can’t help anyone else or it would be unfair.”
And noone who already paid off the loans is in a worse position if others don’t have to.
“Wait, I had to work in the mines at 10 years old, why are you banning it now for children? That’s not fair.”