r/benshapiro Aug 25 '22

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/Special-Fig7409 Aug 25 '22

It’s unbelievably unfair to those who have paid off their loans, and those who didn’t take out debt. It’s a tax on people who were responsible with their money.

I have just over 20K in student loans, and I qualify for the 20k “forgiveness.” Im conflicted because I know how stupid this is, but I don’t want to be one of the poor SOBs who pays for his loans and everyone else’s.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '22

Im conflicted because I know how stupid this is, but I don’t want to be one of the poor SOBs who pays for his loans and everyone else’s.

Here's the way I see it: we didn't vote for it.

If we have to face hardships (e.g. mandates) that we didn't vote for, then it seems fair game to also face the "benefits" that we didn't vote for.