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by turkthrower123 2348 days ago
This is huge! Student debt in the USA is slavery. Donald Trump is allowed to write off $150m for a failed casino, but I'm not allowed to write off $100k if I'm disabled and will never be able to pay back. That's not right.

America just cut our education budget by 10% ($7bn), while increasing our holy-war budget by $30bn. Considering we give $4bn per year to Israel to fight it's wars, I'm starting to wonder what the hell I get for the $50k I give Uncle Sam every year.

No education, no healthcare, no housing, but more war, more welfare for billionaires and big-oil/big-agriculture, but NOTHING for the average Joe.

Maybe it's time for a #calexit, or just a civil war.