(08-24-2022, 01:26 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(08-24-2022, 11:57 AM)NewJagsCity Wrote: How about a substantial rebate for the 5 student loans I paid back in full?  No, instead, I get to foot more bills from a bunch of government-enabled freeloaders.

If they're going to randomly forgive some loans that originated years ago, yeah, a lot of people like you would deserve a rebate too.

That's why I think we shouldn't be forgiving these existing loans.  Restructuring, maybe.  Bring them all under one set of terms, maybe.  Forgiving, no.

But maybe neither of us is thinking of this the right way.  There was a story that an old religious leader told about guys who worked in the fields all day getting paid the same amount as people who only worked the last hour of the day.  They were mad! But the religious leader insisted that they shouldn't be mad because everyone got at least what they had agreed to, even if some seemingly got extra.  Conservatives love that story when it's time to discuss minimum wages and labor unions.  But they don't like that story when it's time to discuss student loans and affirmative action.

All that said, the lawmakers need to be focusing on the next generation of students.

You get a +1 for referencing the parable of the 'old religious leader'. I know that parable well. But it dealt with the wages agreed upon for work, not a loan. That same book containing the religious leader said a lot about loans, but it was mostly about exacting unjust interest. So that might be the most righteous solution.

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