The author apparently doesn’t understand Millenials in the slightest.
This IS an effective tool in getting them off the couch to go and vote Democrat. Sooner or later student loan forgiveness WILL happen, because these folks are going to demand it. Because they really DO look to government to solve all of their problems. The real estate and auto industries WILL line up to support it, because they’ll be licking their chops at all of those Millenials who will suddenly have disposable incomes.
If the Republicans were smart they’d get out ahead of this with their own proposal to try and diffuse the ticking time bomb. This is truly one case where, in a political sense, stubbornly sticking to ideological purity will get you killed.
This kind of thinking is how we got Medicar Part “D” under “W”. OK tactical move but terrible strategery.
Well, if we do vacate the college loan debt, the debtor should be required to listen to Dave Ramsey tapes 24/7 for one year.