• NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    We should try student loans again. I’m sure that $3 dollars would be great. But people are drowning in student loan debt while we fund foreign wars.

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      9 months ago

      There was an article the other day about him trying to get more forgiveness for borrowers under 12k in debt. Unfortunately, his opposition are a bunch of cunts and care more about “winning” than they do helping the people they were elected to represent.

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        9 months ago

        Oh no, they care tons about helping the people they represent.

        The people they actually represent are the ones handing out these loans.

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        9 months ago

        He should try harder then. We’ve had all of congress before, both chambers, and the presidency, and they haven’t done jack shit.

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          They didn’t do jack shit the last time they held both chambers and the presidency? You sure? They didn’t use those 2 MONTHS to pass the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act? The largest healthcare overhaul in a generation? That bill that conservatives fought tooth and nail to water down and make worse?

          We elect conservatives who’s sole mission is to block the Democrats from improving anything and then blame the Democrats for not being able to get enough done. It’s fucking maddening. Just. Stop. Electing. Conservatives.

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      9 months ago

      Seriously! While I understand the challenges of when you get hit with an unexpected overdraft and the fee snowball. But I think forgiving huge debts of people with the skills to benefit the economy would be more effective than forcing banks to forgive overdrafts.