• Rusticus@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      This would be a reasonable take if the government hadn’t handed out billions to cronies and private businesses during the same time. But I guess the pandemic only affected private businesses. /s

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        if the government hadn’t handed out billions to cronies and private businesses

        Totally separate issue that’s its own pile of bullshit. I think we can both agree that the government is corrupt AF.

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      Yeah bro, everyone with student loan debt has a gEnDeR sTuDiEs DeGrEe. What kind of garbage tier comment is this? This isn’t looking for discussion, it’s cosplaying as a Facebook uncle.

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        Hahaha, I admit I was trolling a little bit there 😘

        But “pay your fucking bills” is not a controversial statement, and the fact that that was being downvoted is fucking hilariously stupid. Now eat your food, cut your hair, and get a goddamned job!

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      You like it when people pay off loans from the government right? I think everyone who got a PPP loan forgiven should have to pay it back with interest.

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        I think everyone who got a PPP loan forgiven should have to pay it back with interest.

        Me too! But before that, I think the economy should have never been shuttered in the first place.

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      As someone who stood to gain greatly from Biden’s plan, I do begrudgingly agree. This is a bandaid on a bone fracture that would just leave us in the same place in 5+ years.

      The system needs an overhaul, anything less is a waste of money.

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        The system needs an overhaul

        Nah, just make it legal again for bankruptcy to erase student debt. Exploding tuition costs only became a thing when that law was changed. “You mean we can charge whatever we want, loan it out to unqualified borrowers and they’re on the hook for life with no way to discharge it? Awesome!

        If bankruptcy could discharge tuition debt again, you’d see a wave of defaults, then tuition costs would crash back to affordable levels that were actually reasonably able to be paid off - at least, it would be less painful than what declaring bankruptcy would do, which is exactly the point. 🤷‍♂️