• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    “I’m not getting debt relief, so why should they” is their only argument. They’re just greedy.

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      And many of them got covid bailouts and never had to pay a penny back and do not think even for a moment that their actions are hypocritical

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      And we literally have congress critters that lived on welfare debt relief programs and want to tell others to pull themselves up by the bootstraps.

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      I don’t need student debt relief, it won’t affect me. But I am extremely for it - it’s called wanting a better life for your fellow human being.

      Compassion - it’s not a difficult concept if you’re not a narcissistic a$$hole.

      And as an added bonus, the money currently going to banks would actually get better distributed to businesses (both big and small) and act as a net gain to our economy. But screw that - we don’t want some bank stocks to dip and affect some wealthy pension plans! /s

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        My family is financially secure and has no student debt. I, too, am for student debt relief, in part because it benefits me directly. When my neighbor has an extra $100 in his pocket to spend at the local shop, that benefits me, too. “Conservatives” (just what in the fuck do they conserve?) are too stupid to see this.

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          I was blessed with my parents saving a lot and saving early for my college, and I fully support student debt relief. I honestly don’t understand how it’s possible for someone to be lucky, see the vast majority of people to be unlucky, and not want all of them to be helped out.

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            Because in their mind they are not lucky, they worked for it. And the others just didn’t work hard enough.

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        I hadn’t ever considered it, but my desire for student debt relief also won’t affect me. I’ve been harping on this thing that I want for the last couple of years. I never stopped for a second to consider that I’m not in that group. I just want a better life for my fellow humans. Thanks for bringing that to my front of mind.

        These people are truly assholes.