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Should Taxpayers Subsidize College Dropouts?

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Posted By: Garnet, 3/6/2023 1:06:32 AM

Last week’s oral arguments before the Supreme Court concerning the Biden administration’s student-loan forgiveness plan predictably focused on arcane legal theories such as the “major questions doctrine.” Relatively little time was devoted to the profoundly inequitable structure of the program. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Neil Gorsuch did note that it would provide benefits to certain favored persons while ignoring the very real costs it would impose on others, but no one mentioned a fact that will gall most taxpayers — it would cancel student loans for college dropouts.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: 4Liberty2020 3/6/2023 3:08:15 AM (No. 1418275)
If Biden and his administration have their way and give these dead beats a student-loan forgiveness package, then they should make a way for all senior citizens not to have to pay taxes for local state schools. I'm in my late 70's with no children, but my husband and I have been paying taxes to the local school for over 50 years. I say enough is enough.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: mifla 3/6/2023 3:32:49 AM (No. 1418280)
Biden: "Vote for me now and I will give you money later." Students: "OK" Biden: "I can't give you money. The evil Republicans won't let me." Students: "Damn that Donald Trump. It is so unfair."
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Reply 3 - Posted by: EJKrausJr 3/6/2023 3:48:23 AM (No. 1418288)
Nope. But why stop at just college debt. What about mortgages, car purchases, etal? Just hand out a bunch of freebees. No one has personal responsibility according to the Democrats.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: nwcudagal 3/6/2023 5:33:50 AM (No. 1418309)
I've watched enough Judge Judy to know that a lot of student loan money is spent on spring break. I have relatives who have bragged about their Pell grants that were not used for the intended purpose. The whole system stinks.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: paral04 3/6/2023 6:49:36 AM (No. 1418340)
If they drop out of Public schools then we already have paid them,
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Reply 6 - Posted by: petrichor 3/6/2023 6:52:33 AM (No. 1418341)
I think the Supreme's decision on this should be a no-brainer, but I fear they might be thinking only of their popularity. They could show their "fairness" in lieu of intelligence by allowing Biden even more power.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: seamusm 3/6/2023 8:38:26 AM (No. 1418412)
America and its near-worthless public school system sends its children off to college despite their being unprepared and virtually guaranteed to fail with thousands in college debt. College grads on average have much better opportunities to pay off their loans even if in foolish majors like DEI variations. But those WE have doomed to fail will remain almost hopelessly mired in debt. If any form of 'debt forgiveness' is utilized it should only be made available for the college dropouts and then only tied to some form of service to the community.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: bpl40 3/6/2023 9:14:40 AM (No. 1418448)
Ah...but what about social justice? Student loan dead beats disproportionately belong to a group whose ancestors were brought here in chains and now qualify for $4.5 million each in reparations. This is peanuts.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: red1066 3/6/2023 10:07:05 AM (No. 1418501)
Aren't we doing that already?
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Reply 10 - Posted by: doctorfixit 3/6/2023 9:39:41 PM (No. 1418980)
Taxpayers shouldn't subsidize anybody. That's an illegitimate use of taxation. Taxes are for running government. Government is way too big, taxes are way too high, they should be slashed by 90%, the Income Tax should be abolished, and the Tax Code should take up a couple pf paragraphs..
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