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Student Debt Doesn’t Vanish With Age. Older Debtors Protest With a “Knit-In.” (truthout.org)

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With rocking chairs and cross-stitch kits, protesters outside the Department of Education demand debt relief from Biden.

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

This isn't progressive, this just alienates working class voters. Obligatory: not American, but as a poor (European) person that didn't get to go to uni because I and my family were too poor I'd be absolutely pissed if now I had to pay my bosses' (and all the other privileged people) debt. Don't get me wrong, student credits are a most predatory and awful thing, you should make it illegal but the debt people had contracted shouldn't be payed off by the taxpayer (read workers, the rich aren't taxed).

[–] StupidBrotherInLaw 3 points 15 hours ago

"I didn't get any assistance, so people in a country I don't live in shouldn't either! I'd rather no one get assistance than potentially provide assistance to some people I don't think deserve it."

followed by

"Student debt is awful and should be illegal but, while it was legal you agreed to it, so 🤷🏽‍♂️ unless only the rich pay it off."

The first has big "drug testing for government benefits" energy. Are you sure you're not from Florida? This has DeSantos smell all over it.