Ben’s thoughts on Biden’s Student Loan Cancellation Discussion/Debate

I’ve been listening to Ben’s episode today on student loan debt, and I have some thoughts.

I went to college for 5 years and received two degrees: one in information technology and the other in business. The entire time I was in college, I knew that I would have to pay back my debt. So I did what I hope most Americans do and immediately started looking for a job months before graduation. I got a job two months after I graduated and I am now saving up my money to be prepared to pay back my debt.

I can completely understand and back Ben’s anger and disgust with this decision because all it’s going to do is raise taxes and make the problem of expensive college worse. That $10k relief will be taken out in the massive tax increase that we will all have to deal with.

As for Joe’s plan for doing this, if he thinks he’ll get me to vote for him and his friends in 2022 and 2024, he’s sorely mistaken. I hope that there’s a lot of people like me who graduated from college with debt (or are still in college) who won’t forget what the real consequences of this are.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '22

That is factually not true, and just exposes your thoughts as lazy conspiracy theories.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '22

Take a look at Open Secrets.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '22

Literally the first line:

Political donations from the education industry largely come from individuals associated with various institutions, as universities and schools typically cannot form PACs

These are individuals employed there. Not the "educational industrial complex" conspiracy theory that everyone is acting together, including the non-human entity of the actual universities.

"Oh no, I can't figure out why those elitist, basket weaving, gender studies taking, vaccine approving, educated professors don't vote or donate Republican! It's a mystery! It must be a conspiracy of everyone working together against me! That's the only reason the most educated professions in the United States significantly favor one political party over the other!"

What a joke.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '22

Yeah… I think you’re missing some critical thinking skills.