As much as this right wing talking point is BS, I have talked to people who have paid their debt and they honestly feel this way. No amount of “it’s the right thing to do” arguments will make them support loan forgiveness. So how’s this for an idea: if you already paid your debt a year ago you get 90% of it back. Two years ago you get 80…
As much as this right wing talking point is BS, I have talked to people who have paid their debt and they honestly feel this way. No amount of “it’s the right thing to do” arguments will make them support loan forgiveness. So how’s this for an idea: if you already paid your debt a year ago you get 90% of it back. Two years ago you get 80% back, and so on. Then the people who paid their debts won’t feel like they got screwed and this may even get a foot in the door for them to vote blue in the future, which should be the key foundation for a long-term progressive strategy.
As much as this right wing talking point is BS, I have talked to people who have paid their debt and they honestly feel this way. No amount of “it’s the right thing to do” arguments will make them support loan forgiveness. So how’s this for an idea: if you already paid your debt a year ago you get 90% of it back. Two years ago you get 80% back, and so on. Then the people who paid their debts won’t feel like they got screwed and this may even get a foot in the door for them to vote blue in the future, which should be the key foundation for a long-term progressive strategy.