What is going on with student loans?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

That's an incorrect analogy. The analogy here would be if Jesus (the government) charged some people money for the fish that day, and then said to the rest, you know what, it's free.

[Anonymous]

Remember the last time we had bailouts? We got Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party. I got a feeling something similar will happen again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

That's an incorrect analogy. The analogy here would be if Jesus (the government) charged some people money for the fish that day, and then said to the rest, you know what, it's free.

The federal government doesn’t charge people money to go to college. Colleges charge money. Some people pay for the colleges with their own money and some people get money from the government to go to college.

Jesus didn’t charge people for the loaves and fishes. The marketplace fisherman and bakers charged them money. Some people had to buy their lunch and bring it to his sermon. Others didn’t have to spend anything because they were given the food for free. Anyway it’s a decent analogy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

That's an incorrect analogy. The analogy here would be if Jesus (the government) charged some people money for the fish that day, and then said to the rest, you know what, it's free.

The federal government doesn’t charge people money to go to college. Colleges charge money. Some people pay for the colleges with their own money and some people get money from the government to go to college.

Jesus didn’t charge people for the loaves and fishes. The marketplace fisherman and bakers charged them money. Some people had to buy their lunch and bring it to his sermon. Others didn’t have to spend anything because they were given the food for free. Anyway it’s a decent analogy

Actually, the people who had already paid for their bread and fish, could also partake of the free fish and bread. Not happening with the student loan package.

[Anonymous]

None of these analogies make sense... Jesus with bread and fish, PPP loans, socialism, etc.

Student loan forgiveness is fine for people making below the median income, which is about $44,225 for individual Americans.

This $125k cap is crazy high... almost 3x the median income. It's disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, I guess Congress won't act to protect it's power of the purse. What goes around comes around. Democrats will regret this.

LOL. Please, tell more more about the Trump tax cuts!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None of these analogies make sense... Jesus with bread and fish, PPP loans, socialism, etc.

Student loan forgiveness is fine for people making below the median income, which is about $44,225 for individual Americans.

This $125k cap is crazy high... almost 3x the median income. It's disgusting.

Funny how $125 is "crazy high" now. This same board thinks $250K is barely getting by when the subject is tax increases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of these analogies make sense... Jesus with bread and fish, PPP loans, socialism, etc.

Student loan forgiveness is fine for people making below the median income, which is about $44,225 for individual Americans.

This $125k cap is crazy high... almost 3x the median income. It's disgusting.

Funny how $125 is "crazy high" now. This same board thinks $250K is barely getting by when the subject is tax increases.

Logical fallacy: red herring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

That's an incorrect analogy. The analogy here would be if Jesus (the government) charged some people money for the fish that day, and then said to the rest, you know what, it's free.

There's a parable for that, too: Matthew 20.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of these analogies make sense... Jesus with bread and fish, PPP loans, socialism, etc.

Student loan forgiveness is fine for people making below the median income, which is about $44,225 for individual Americans.

This $125k cap is crazy high... almost 3x the median income. It's disgusting.

Funny how $125 is "crazy high" now. This same board thinks $250K is barely getting by when the subject is tax increases.

Logical fallacy: red herring.

A red herring is not even a logical fallacy. So what you posted is word salad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

That's an incorrect analogy. The analogy here would be if Jesus (the government) charged some people money for the fish that day, and then said to the rest, you know what, it's free.

Oh spare us. History is replete with unfairness and yet it's a certainty you didn't care about any of it.

I paid back all my loans. I'm glad for others who are catching a break.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of these analogies make sense... Jesus with bread and fish, PPP loans, socialism, etc.

Student loan forgiveness is fine for people making below the median income, which is about $44,225 for individual Americans.

This $125k cap is crazy high... almost 3x the median income. It's disgusting.

Funny how $125 is "crazy high" now. This same board thinks $250K is barely getting by when the subject is tax increases.

Logical fallacy: red herring.

A red herring is not even a logical fallacy. So what you posted is word salad.

Incorrect--it is a type of logical fallacy (but also a literary device)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of these analogies make sense... Jesus with bread and fish, PPP loans, socialism, etc.

Student loan forgiveness is fine for people making below the median income, which is about $44,225 for individual Americans.

This $125k cap is crazy high... almost 3x the median income. It's disgusting.

Funny how $125 is "crazy high" now. This same board thinks $250K is barely getting by when the subject is tax increases.

Logical fallacy: red herring.

A red herring is not even a logical fallacy. So what you posted is word salad.

Incorrect--it is a type of logical fallacy (but also a literary device)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring

No, despite what you read on Wikipedia, a logical fallacy is something that can be disproven through the use of logic instead of via evidence. Clearly college debt was never a concern in your life.

[Anonymous]

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Hey you know what? I'm who you are responding to. I'm from the rust belt Midwest, from a family of immigrants, factory, and railroad workers. I am first gen, before that was a thing. So before you make some dumb a-- assumptions like that, maybe contemplate that may be the person you're responding to.


And, I am in the south living in a community of blue collar workers. They are pissed. And, they have every right to be.
They don't want to pay of the loans of people who went to college when they couldn't because they simply couldn't afford it.

People in the South were never going to vote for Biden anyway. And you are right that people simply can't afford to pay off the loans (and they are not dischargeable in bankruptcy).

[Anonymous]

Even the WaPo editorial board thinks it’s a crap idea.