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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. I was a moderate Democrat in graduate school when Obama was elected. I started my program in the last year of the Bush administration. My graduate student loan rate tripled between my first and second year because one of Obama’s first actions was to enact a rule that created general student loan forgiveness. I took out one last student loan under this higher rate (over 11%). I paid it off first because the interest was crippling. It took three years of living with my parents as an adult and paying off my loans like they were mortgage payments until I paid them off.

Every time I hear a Democrat promise student loan forgiveness, I remember being screwed over by them while I was a student and feeling bogged down for years. I knew I was signing up to pay them back. I didn’t realize I was also paying them off so peers didn’t have to pay theirs back. I’m a Republican now.[/quote]

I don’t get this line of thinking. I took unpaid maternity leaves, but I support paid parental leave for new parents.

DH and I paid off our student loans around 2014 and I support ways to make education more affordable.

I was born in the U.S., but I support paths to citizenship.

I am also grateful for all the people who came before me who fought for my right to vote, open a bank account, marry whoever I want, etc. When did we stop caring about making life better for the people who come after us? [/quote]

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