That's the only reason :biden-troll: would even talk about this

    • DrHorrible [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      median student debt is 17K so it would be a big deal for most. I've got 20k myself.

      • NOxDEMIURGE [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        rad, then in two years we're right back where we started except they'll bitch and moan that it happened in the first place and any sort of conversation towards total debt relief is gone forever

        • DrHorrible [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          How does 10K debt gone mean we'd be right back where we started in 2 years?

          • RION [she/her]
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            3 years ago

            Presumably because more new students will be taking on debt and those who had much more than $10k outstanding during the cancellation will still have years of payments ahead of them. "Right back where we started" is hyperbolic, but unless something is done about the amount of debt students are taking on to go to school in the first place, cancellation will only be a temporary fix. Still not an excuse not to do it though

            • NOxDEMIURGE [they/them]
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              3 years ago

              also like, as we've seen from the pandemic relief, if workers get any handout it's a once in a generation thing that will be the excuse for extreme austerity. If it isn't all the student debt, you can assume they'll jack up rates to high heaven and when compounded with skyrocketing education costs, "right back where we started from" probably isn't strong enough

              • Bloobish [comrade/them]
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                3 years ago

                So for those in the graduate or medical fields it means we get even more fucked...lovely. I hate this fucking country...

      • StuporTrooper [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        If it's universally applied. If it's means tested by income it won't be enough.

    • mao_zedonk [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      The hilarious part is it won't change shit about the midterms because almost everybody with student debt will still be paying their debt.

      Like it's just hard to psychically connect with the fact that you'll be able to stop paying down your loans in 3 years instead of 4. You won't know how good it feels to stop for 3 years, and then only maybe will you connect it to a thing Biden did and connect that you would still be paying them down that year instead of finally putting money in your savings.

      • NOxDEMIURGE [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        they're trying to crash wages at the expense of the economy, 3 years could turn into 10 for a lot of people real quick

    • SerLava [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      It would still make all the rich fucks and chuds shit their pants upon hearing it, calling people ungrateful for their $190,000 loans restarting instead of their $200,000 loan restarting

      • machinegobrrrr [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        calling people ungrateful for their $190,000 loans restarting instead of their $200,000 loan restarting

        If the median Student loan is 17k, how can some people have 200k loan. Isn't median, the middle value of all possible amounts?