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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Dopey argument. Do people without kids get angry because people with kids get the child benefit? No. As long as its mean tested - i.e. rich people don't get it. No one will care.
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Student loans are already means tested. That's a red herring. You can't get loans if you or your parents have the means. That's what FAFSA determines and how much potential aid you have access to. That's why the rich are against student loan forgiveness as it doesn't give them a massive windfall. It most affects middle to lower class students who have gone to school on the back of loans rather than mommy and daddy's money.
The problem with student loans is not the fact that they should be paid back, its the predatory nature in which they are taken out, the criminal administration, the unbearable terms, and the vig that never seems to go in the student's favor. Fix the system and the larger problem will resolve itself.