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It’s funny how conservative baby boomers think student loan forgiveness won’t benefit them given in less than a decade there will be no millennials to buy their early 00s McMansions so they can release the financial assets and move to more accessible homes because they haven’t
Been able to save for the future given they barely made it through the last recession and all signs point to another and millennials staring down a $900/month student loan won’t be looking to take on a $350,000 mortgage over 20 years let alone saving for their own retirement
And the idea of having to sell their home to foreign investors whose names they can’t pronounce makes them want to shout “globalist” to the nearest person of color.
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OK....let's talk about this notion that offering debt forgiveness for student loans is merely privilege for the wealthy.

Underneath that lies the truth about capitalism and exploitation.

Hear me out here, folks.

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The basic objective of capitalism is to have other people work real hard, especially to the point of stress, wear, disease, and even death, in order to generate profits for as few as humanly possible.
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Jewhadi™
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The Immorality of Student Loan Forgiveness and Free College

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Iiiiiiiit's #NBERday ! I will have an interruption soon, but I may be able to get one or two done. Also I didn't do #NBERday last week, so may review some from then as well.
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Q: Does student loan forgiveness make the people with forgiven debts richer and more prosperous?

A: Yes.
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nber.org/papers/w25810
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I’m just going to use this an open thread for random comments about CNN’s town hall marathon tonight.

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Here we go with Klobuchar.

(open thread)
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Where does she stand on:
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2) Criminal justice reform
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