Current Events > Chuck Schumer, on canceling student debt

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Antifar
03/30/21 11:31:45 AM
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https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1376639567172923394

Please harass the president is unironically good advice.


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Samurontai
03/30/21 11:32:54 AM
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Cancelling student loan debt is only a band aid to the actual problem

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MaxEffingBemis
03/30/21 11:35:14 AM
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I mean. Schumer to his credit has been trying to get Biden to do it and Biden just doesnt give a shit. So next best thing is probably him asking people to harass him about it

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Squall28
03/30/21 11:35:33 AM
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Samurontai posted...
Cancelling student loan debt is only a band aid to the actual problem

I'd rather they find ways to make it more affordable for future generations. Forgiving student loans now will just be a one time money dump.

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Gwynevere
03/30/21 11:35:58 AM
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Samurontai posted...
Cancelling student loan debt is only a band aid to the actual problem
Better to put a bandaid on a wound until it can be treated than to let it fester

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DrizztLink
03/30/21 11:36:01 AM
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Samurontai posted...
Cancelling student loan debt is only a band aid to the actual problem
A bandage is usually considered to be a basic first step in wound care, yes.

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Questionmarktarius
03/30/21 11:36:45 AM
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Squall28 posted...
I'd rather they find ways to make it more affordable for future generations.
End the Directloan program entirely.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/prestoncooper2/2017/02/22/how-unlimited-student-loans-drive-up-tuition/ (forbes warning)
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lifespeedrunner
03/30/21 11:39:45 AM
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Love it. Once we cancel student debt we need to stop charging people to go to university. No wonder the Unite States is lagging behind China
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Questionmarktarius
03/30/21 11:40:52 AM
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DrizztLink posted...
A bandage is usually considered to be a basic first step in wound care, yes.
This isn't even a bandage. It's merely mopping the blood off the floor.
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Samurontai
03/30/21 11:42:16 AM
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Do note, I dont care if it gets cancelled or not, Im just saying this shouldnt be seen as a victory until further steps are taken

irrc, Biden did promise to lower college prices, and make community college free or some such, so lets hope he sticks to that

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Damn_Underscore
03/30/21 11:43:10 AM
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Biden thinks that if you went to a private school your student debt shouldnt be cancelled, good luck convincing him to cancel $50k

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Compsognathus
03/30/21 11:43:31 AM
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Canceling the debt is a short-term fix to a very much long-term, systemic problem. That doesn't mean they shouldn't do it, but without simultaneously passing comprehensive reforms around the way the financing of higher education operates it is a temporary fix at best.

If your reason for not wanting college debt-relief and college financing reform is because you paid your debt already and it isn't fair then you are just short-sighted and selfish. It's like being an escaped slave in the 1800s being against ending slavery because you already got out and it isn't fair to you that you had to be a slave.

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Questionmarktarius
03/30/21 11:45:12 AM
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Samurontai posted...
irrc, Biden did promise to lower college prices, and make community college free or some such, so lets hope he sticks to that
The inevitability is that "free" community college will become as generally abandoned as public k-12, with a private layer built on top of it anyway.
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Damn_Underscore
03/30/21 11:45:55 AM
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I am short-sighted and selfish in wanting to cancel $50k of student debt yesterday. It would eliminate all of my student debt personally.

But yeah they need to fix the problem of College cost inflation before they cancel student debt.

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MaxEffingBemis
03/30/21 11:47:19 AM
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Why do we even charge money to go to college. Plenty of other successful countries do not do that

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CruelBuffalo
03/30/21 11:47:38 AM
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Compsognathus posted...
Canceling the debt is a short-term fix to a very much long-term, systemic problem. That doesn't mean they shouldn't do it, but without simultaneously passing comprehensive reforms around the way the financing of higher education operates it is a temporary fix at best.

If your reason for not wanting college debt-relief and college financing reform is because you paid your debt already and it isn't fair then you are just short-sighted and selfish. It's like being an escaped slave in the 1800s being against ending slavery because you already got out and it isn't fair to you that you had to be a slave.


Why dont they just do a tax rebate for people who already paid off loans and forgiveness for people who havent. Everyone wins. Or at least on the interests paid.
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Jagr_68
03/30/21 12:02:46 PM
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MaxEffingBemis posted...
Why do we even charge money to go to college. Plenty of other successful countries do not do that

Systemic racism/classism to prevent minorities and low income individuals from attending certain institutions, but for the most part it's just greed.

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Dark_SilverX
03/30/21 12:04:34 PM
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Chuck is the real hero. Goddamn.

Also if people aren't working in the field from the major or whatever they graduated from within a year of graduation, they should cancel that trash debt.

People who working and living the dream from their major should continue to pay on their debt until it's done with.

:3

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voldothegr8
03/30/21 12:05:05 PM
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Shouldn't his message be to contact local state reps?
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teep_
03/30/21 12:05:49 PM
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MaxEffingBemis posted...
Why do we even charge money to go to college. Plenty of other successful countries do not do that

This. Y'all weird
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Frosted_Midna
03/30/21 12:08:16 PM
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Jagr_68 posted...
Systemic racism/classism to prevent minorities and low income individuals from attending certain institutions, but for the most part it's just greed.
This

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King_Hellebuyck
03/30/21 12:12:46 PM
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Is it illegal to throw water balloons at the White House?

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Dark_SilverX
03/30/21 12:14:10 PM
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King_Hellebuyck posted...
Is it illegal to throw water balloons at the White House?
wear red hat before doing so

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Frizzurd
03/30/21 1:43:07 PM
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I wish my poor ass was kept from attending a scam art college.

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Blue_Inigo
03/30/21 1:44:01 PM
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These idiots are literally running both branches and are asking US to bother Biden?

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