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In reply to the discussion: Warren: "Unfairness" of loan relief is like saying no to SS because prior generations didn't have it [View all]highplainsdem
(49,121 posts)41. Still have no idea what you're talking about, since there's nothing in there about millennials and
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Warren: "Unfairness" of loan relief is like saying no to SS because prior generations didn't have it [View all]
BeyondGeography
Jan 2020
OP
People who were 85 at the start of Social Security didn't get retroactive payments
dragonlady
Jan 2020
#64
A whole lot of DUers agree with the selfish father. There was a huge thread on it last night.
LonePirate
Jan 2020
#7
Yes he was/is. He didn't want Warren helping other people obtain an education.
LonePirate
Jan 2020
#11
It was clear from what he said that he didn't see why the government should pick up the
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#12
No one forced those students to borrow massive amounts. The ones who borrowed the most did so
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#23
That's under $150/mo over 20 years, and I think the loan balance is forgiven after 20 years.
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#53
People with lower incomes because they don't have degrees have to wait, too, if they can ever
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#62
They don't have to watch others being given debt forgiveness for nothing. And I imagine if any
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#73
Only in tupsy-turvy world are those who pay their own way considered "selfish" and those
The Valley Below
Jan 2020
#51
If Democrats support policies of virtuous cruelty and selfishness, they will lose in November nt
Fiendish Thingy
Jan 2020
#6
Bingo! If voters want cruelty and selfishness, 45 will win them over each and every time.
LonePirate
Jan 2020
#9
It will get much tougher as word gets out that her plan, like Sanders', provides most of the
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#18
No, it isn't. Social Security was never offering tens of thousands of dollars (or potenteially
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#8
Still have no idea what you're talking about, since there's nothing in there about millennials and
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#41
Did you notice Johnson recommended that people who'd already paid their debt get a $50,000 credit?
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#26
No, I'm not to the right of a Trumper. I've never said I'm an absolute no on loan relief.
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#35
When people get riled about this they really ought to stop and think about all the handouts to corps
captain queeg
Jan 2020
#17
I was listening to a financial-advice show last year where a parent asked if she should take
highplainsdem
Jan 2020
#29
Doesn't Elizabeth's proposal have a means test? Won't the very rich be ineligible for student loan
totodeinhere
Jan 2020
#90
No, the unfairness is that it's a lot of money going to some very well-off people
Recursion
Jan 2020
#94