08-25-2022, 04:11 AM
C(-)ris wrote:
[quote=Acer]
It seems rather unChristian to begrudge the good fortune of others.
It isn't the good fortune that is begrudged. If they had funded this via lottery sales or a settlement against private colleges, or any other revenue source besides taxes that would be one thing. Even if they would have made it a tax deduction to reduce income taxes to zero that would have been more agreeable. But straight up gifting $20k to someone who made the conscious choice to be irresponsible with their future is....well, irresponsible with others money.
OK, I take issue with "irresponsible with their future." These are young people who made an investment in their future. They borrowed money to do it. BIG, DEAL. We borrow money to invest in a house, why not invest in a career--something that will bring returns for the rest of their lives? Most of them are up to date on their loans. Most of them are having to pay those loans back when they are at the lowest earning years of their new careers, while also getting married, having children, paying rent, saving for a house, repairing their cars. You may disagree that they need or deserve loan forgiveness, but there's no call to insult them.