Should Student Loans Be Forgiven? What do you say?

Michael Rich Loc: Lapine Oregon

What do you say?

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

byronglimish wrote:

What do you say?

It's not the loans fault.

American Vet

byronglimish wrote:

What do you say?

Absolutely not.

First: A slap in the face of those who have paid their debts.

Second: sends a bad message about personal responsibility and sound decision making.

Third: costly at a projected 1 trillion dollars.

Lonewolf

byronglimish wrote:

What do you say?

Why not its cheaper than the bombing we have been doing for 20 years

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

byronglimish wrote:

What do you say?

Not at all. Maybe make them interest free. I don't like the idea of the real culprits, the colleges themselves getting of the hook and I really h**e the idea of me paying for someone else's worthless degree.

Kevyn

byronglimish wrote:

What do you say?

I think people in tough financial straits should be able to utilize the bankruptcy code to clear them. It is ridiculous that large businesses professionally run can access this to absolve themselves of contractual obligation and some poor person who was encouraged to take on enormous debt at 18 years old can not.

Quakerwidow Loc: Chestertown, MD

Kevyn wrote:

I think people in tough financial straits should be able to utilize the bankruptcy code to clear them. It is ridiculous that large businesses professionally run can access this to absolve themselves of contractual obligation and some poor person who was encouraged to take on enormous debt at 18 years old can not.

Gatsby

byronglimish wrote:

What do you say?

Only if I, and every other former student, are reimbursed for the student loans that we repaid.

Kevyn

American Vet wrote:

Absolutely not.

First: A slap in the face of those who have paid their debts.

Second: sends a bad message about personal responsibility and sound decision making.

Third: costly at a projected 1 trillion dollars.

so it would be covered by cutting trumps tax cut to corporations and the ultra rich in half! Good of you to point out how to cover the cost!

Quakerwidow Loc: Chestertown, MD

Kevyn wrote:

so it would be covered by cutting trumps tax cut to corporations and the ultra rich in half! Good of you to point out how to cover the cost!

CarryOn

Gatsby wrote:

Only if I, and every other former student, are reimbursed for the student loans that we repaid.

Excellent point, Gatsby. Also, perhaps everyone who paid for a college degree without getting loans .. people who worked and saved for it ... or whose parents worked and saved and sacrificed for it ... and those who worked during college instead of partying through four years to pay for it .. should be reimbursed. It seems only fair to me.

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

Kevyn wrote:

I think people in tough financial straits should be able to utilize the bankruptcy code to clear them. It is ridiculous that large businesses professionally run can access this to absolve themselves of contractual obligation and some poor person who was encouraged to take on enormous debt at 18 years old can not.

Stupid idea but better than forgiveness. How about holding the real culprits accountable. Government for making these loans so easily obtained and giving colleges no incentives to lower costs? Why do you parasites constantly want to fix everything by charging the tax payer?

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

byronglimish wrote:

What do you say?

Should we working citizens paid the debt on all those who are not working, don’t care to work and use up every resource they can??

They chose it, they live with it...

Help the ones truly disenfranchised for a short period of time, making sure children are fed, protected and schooled etc but from there where there is a will there is a way..

Rose42

byronglimish wrote:

What do you say?

No. Millions of us paid them back simply by...working.

Now medical debt...I would say yes. Costs are ridiculously high.

Kellett3745

Have the colleges pay
They have billions in endowments