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Saturday, September 16, 2023

Student Loan Forgiveness and the Shortsighted Objections to It


Whole lot of fake Christians coming out online  I see, lashing out against loan forgiveness.

May I remind you all that the federal government created the rapid inflation of college tuition by giving universities a blank check .  I paid $1800 a year for tuition in 1992; it's now $10k per SEMESTER now at the same college. Outside of the university, those $1800 1992-era dollars would be worth $3939.00 now - roughly $16k less of inflation than on campus. 

The government has birthed a class of indentured servants and you're cool with it.

The trades are wonderful. I'm a descendant of a welder, a carpenter, an upholsterer, and two lathers. But trades alone don't create the world around us. 

Every union contract is written and enforced by a lawyer.  Every workplace injury is treated by a doctor.  Your children are taught by teachers. The parts a factory worker makes are designed by engineers.  And yet you act like your life is so removed from college. 

As I said above, the interest I paid on my loans has no doubt paid for many a program I don't choose to gift out of an "abundance of my heart," some of which have probably helped you. Fair is fair - kindly reimburse others for the "entitlement" you stole from me.