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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let's be clear.....

There is no such thing as student loan "cancellation" or "forgiveness."  He is not cancelling anything.

He is *transferring* the loans to taxpayers who paid off their loans or who didn't take out any loans to begin with.

And, the Dems will pay big for this horrible decision.  [/quote]

So your choice will be the GOP who backed a coup to block an election and who leaders has numerous criminal investigations going or the Democrats who are giving debt relief to those severely struggling under education loans? People who paid theirs off weren’t struggling as much (hence they could pay them off!).[/quote]

The decision is not even close in my mind.  Republicans up and down the ticket.  All the way.  No regrets.

As one who sacrificed to make sure my loans were paid off.... I'm pissed.  [/quote]

Same. I paid 1k a month for 3 years towards my loans the first few years out of undergrad while only making 75k. I was trying to do the right thing and be responsible. Didn’t travel the world and eat out every day like my peers were doing. Now they’re rewarded for their profligate financial decisions. Voting GOP 100% this midterm[/quote]

You are taking your small sample of folks you know and extrapolating it to EVERYONE that will benefit from this decision. And I can give you at least 26 examples of people I know that were also responsible, did not travel or eat out and have constantly struggled because of these loans. My point is not that My examples are more meaningful that yours, but that we shouldn’t be judging everybody through our limited lenses.

As for myself, I have paid $82k of my $85k balance. I’m 36 and I’ve been on two vacations since graduating college. My dad insisted I reward myself for working so hard. I refused to do so until these loans are gone. But he paid for me to come on those family vacations. I work three jobs (one full time and two part time). I can do that because I chose not to date and have kids. So I have more time on my hands. But I know people who have kids—some with special needs that couldn’t do the whole abortion thing and the amount of financial resources it takes to care for a child and one with special needs. I can absolutely understand why some people need this help… and the amount of money our government spends of useless programs and that 20 year unnecessary war, it’s about time real middle class families get some help. [/quote]

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