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Out of the interest of fairness, what should responsible people with no student loans get if they cancel all student debt? ?

I worked hard throughout college, saved my money, didn't party, focused on my studies while working as a waiter in the evenings, and managed to graduate debt free. There are many people that have worked hard after graduating and managed to pay off the student loans they took out. Meanwhile, I know so many people that didn't work hard during their college years, didn't save money instead blowing it all on booze and drugs, went out partying every week and failing their classes, and relying on their parents to bail them out every time they had money troubles. No WHY should they get a free bailout by the government, when the responsible people don't have any outstanding student loans (or very little) and now all that money is apparently going to be wasted? If I knew they were going to forgive student loans in a few years, I would have save all my money throughout college, lived off student loans, and let the government pay off my loans for me. I feel like we should get some reimbursement from the government if they actually go through with this. 

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  • Anonymous
    4 months ago

    Fluck you and your 'work hard'.  If you're not white,

    it doesnt matter how hard you work when the opportunities are exclusive to white folk.  

  • 4 months ago

    You have a point that it isn't fair, but it can be difficult to make things fair for everyone.  Those of us that paid off our student loans would like to un-pay them so we can get free money too.

  • Anonymous
    4 months ago

    And what about people who didn’t even go to college because we could read the writing on the wall, that the loans were nearly impossible to pay off without a lot of luck? We should get something too. 

  • 4 months ago

    Nothing, since you haven't been PAYING off loans for years, and paying interest.

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