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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why should working class people who had NOTHING TO DO with these loans bail out those who made bad decisions?  
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The working class are the ones getting bailed out by $10K forgiveness. The government has my tax monies and I want some of it back. [/quote]

The working class who never went to college?  Nope.  Try again. 
We have tens of millions of people barely keeping their heads above water because of Biden's recession.... they didn't go to college... and you want THEM to bail out those who did?

NO WAY!
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Nurses are working class. Teachers are working class. Social workers are working class. People who started college but didn’t finish are definitely working class.

Or are only white guys in $60K pickup the “real” working class Americans? [/quote]

You cant lump in college dropouts with teachers and nurses. Many college dropouts make a lot of money.

My neighbor never went to college. Shortly after high school, he went to prison. He lives in a multimillion dollar house with an infinity pool and a basketball court and sends his kids to private school.  You can say that broadly speaking, people who go to college tend to earn more. But you cant make "definite" statements about the financial prospects of people who dont go to college. [/quote]

DP.  I have no clue what point you are trying to make in the context of a discussion about student debt.  [/quote]

That the idea that college is a prerequisite for success is not true. There is a strong correlation.  But its still a choice you can opt out of and still do well. [/quote]

What does that have to do with nurses, teachers and social workers being working class?[/quote]

Nothing. The pp I was responding to brought up nurses and teachers.

However, the fact that 4 years of college brings you a working class salary (in those cases) is an excellent argument againsy the ROI of college. You'd be better off attending a coding boot camp. [/quote]

How well do you think society would work with no nurses, teachers or social workers?[/quote]

Why not pay off the loans of nurses, teachers, and social workers?[/quote]

I think we absolutely need changes to our higher education system to make it feasible for people to get the degrees they need to do these jobs without being impoverished by the debt afterward.  We could find a way to pay these professions better, or we can find a way to make education more affordable.  But that doesn't do a lot for the people already working in those professions and carrying the associated debt, so I would support debt relief for them.  But I'm also not opposed to student debt relief generally.[/quote]

Why not pay of all of the debt for nurses, teachers and social workers instead of paying off only some for then paying off the debt for physicians, lawyers, accountants, and misc. business majors?[/quote]

Why wouldn’t we also provide support to lawyers who work in low-paying but important public service roles, or physicians who make next to nothing working in low-income areas that still need healthcare but can’t afford it?[/quote]

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