Posted on 12/01/2024 12:04:15 PM PST by SamAdams76
Politics were not discussed during my recent Thanksgiving dinner with family. The closest we came to it, as the wine was poured and the meat, stuffing, and sweet potato came around the table was a question by an elder family member with regard to whether or not some younger members of our family, who recently went to college, actually had their student loans forgiven, as promised to them by the now mostly forgotten and illegitimate Biden Administration.
The innocent, or perhaps pointed, query was met with dead silence by our younger family members, as the gravy boat and cranberry sauce came around. So the conversation quickly moved on to less volatile topics such as whether or not the border collie is a more superior dog than the golden retriever (I incline to border collies being the better of the aforementioned dog breeds).
Student loan forgiveness was supposed to be the signature accomplishment of the stillborn and illegitimate Biden Administration. Despite the unconstitutionality of the U.S. government forgiving personal debt (and thus having the taxpayers, many of which never went to college themselves, assuming it), this magnanimous gesture was designed to drive young voters to the polls en masse in support of the Democrat ticket. Even if that ticket consisted of the intellectually challenged Kamala Harris and her Radio City Rockette in training running mate Jim Walz.
So what happened? Did these students, many of which now make lattes at Starbucks, get made whole or not on their student loans for their degrees in gender studies?
I was super polite at the Thanksgiving dinner so did not press the point raised.
Thank you right back.
Well, I’ve been working in IT for the last 18 years so I wouldn’t know.
It was a bachelor of science and it actually allowed me to work at my last job because my CIO required a degree to work in his dept.
And yes, I’ve been very fortunate to land some great jobs in my life which has allowed me to pay my loans on time every month. I appreciate the concern, but I feel the snark isn’t called for when we are all on the same side. I would never want the feds to cancel what I have left in debt, but if they did I think at this point I’ve paid my fair share of income tax that I could sleep soundly at night ;-)
Some have (illegally), many more more in limbo land, and some (rightfully) will remain on the hook forever). One of the many Biden scams.
P.S. Brittany Spaniels!!
“More than 1 million of these student loan borrowers received debt relief through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which promises loan forgiveness to public-sector workers – like teachers and nurses – after they’ve made 10 years of qualifying payments.”
Biden giving freebies to his people. Go work for a left-wing NGO or the government and you get forgiveness. Get a job. Work. Pay your debt, deadbeat!!
Good. That's the way it should be. Unless it's with one relative who's MAGA. And you can chat with him privately in a bar away from other nosy relatives.
No you signed a contract and contracted for that debt and received an education that got you those jobs. Have a little more self respect.
Yes, I know people who received tens of thousands of dollars in forgiveness.
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