Originally Posted by
Julio3000
I’ve got to take issue with the characterization of forgiving student loan debt as “redistribution from the responsible to the irresponsible.”
I know many scrupulously responsible, hard-working people who are paying off student loans and will be for decades. Many of them are people from modest backgrounds who thought that incurring debt in order to attend college was the responsible choice. Similarly, given the percentage of wealth in this country that’s inherited, there’s nothing inherently “responsible” or virtuous about wealth.
You can disagree with the proposal on its merits, but this is a poor characterization.