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paf0@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoNot all loans were predatory, some people just made dumb choices all on their own. If anything there should be a reasonable limit on the interest rates and the loans should be refinanced.
And, as for why not both, we actually can’t afford either. Investing for the future is a better deal for society than fixing people’s personal mistakes.
SeaJ@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
What do you mean we can’t afford either? Are you telling me that somehow all other developed countries are able to afford free or cheap higher education but somehow the US cannot? We could also slowly start to cancel current student debt. Sure, it is at $1.77 trillion right now but that does not have to be wiped away all at once. Prioritize getting rid of predatory loans, then those those with financial hardship, then go from there.
paf0@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yes, we can’t afford it, because we chose to spend all of our money on the military.
wavebeam@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
This sounds like we could afford it, we just need to take that money back from the military…
paf0@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yes, but also, America. It’s not that I don’t want these things, I just think they’re politically impossible.
SeaJ@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
We could switch to Medicare for All and save a couple hundred billion a year to do it.
paf0@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Overall, not without raising taxes though. The money just doesn’t stop getting spent by people and appear in the government budget without it.