• robgami@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Hurt is a strong word but other people would be paying for that benefit.

    It’s not hard to imagine someone who decided to miss out on college and take the career penalty of lacking a 4 year degree just to avoid debt feeling like it’s a bit unfair to have to help pay for other peoples degrees. People who made the decision to take on the debt.

    Maybe it’s would be a societal good overall but it’s not like there isn’t another valid side to the debate. Personally I think that money could be better targeted towards those in poverty whether they have student debt or not.

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      1 year ago

      That kind of thing gets subsidized all the time, just not in the form of loan relief

      It’s also not hard to imagine that an educated populace benefits everybody

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        Apparently it hard to imagine for some people.

        it’s a weak argument that boils down to “I’m already paying for things via my taxes but I choose to whine about this instance of the Iraq wars… plural”

        Trump gave billions to already rich billionares via tax cuts that were permanent for the upper class and temp for everyone else. Don’t get me started on the billions of fraudulent PPP loans that were forgiven and no one said a peep.

        But college? For the working class? “What a waste of MY MONEY…”

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      It’s not like they got education for free. They’re still paying a lot of money.