| 1. My taxes go to a lot of stuff I don’t care about but that is a cost of living in a society that I enjoy living in. If something improves society that leads to a reduction in the societal problems that do affect me, by all means. 2. Perhaps then don’t make it entirely free. It doesn’t have to be black and white. 3. We printed money for banks in 2008 and it didn’t result in inflation. As long as people have places to spend their money or the money doesn’t end up sitting in an account, inflation shouldn’t be a problem. Right now, the supply chain is still borked and people like me have been waiting for stuff on back-order for months, which means money that I already ear-marked to spend is instead just sitting in my bank account and collectively causing inflation. 4. This one I agree with. Either it’s free/cheap college education or nothing. Loan forgiveness is a lazy way to say that we want free/cheap education without committing to anything. 5. Don’t care about transfer payments. Many people are already born with insane talent or great circumstances and have life much easier so why do I suddenly care that some people have it harder or easier? 6. Victim mentality happens when someone loses hope and feels like they are in a deep hole. If your student loans are too large to pay off reasonably soon (which any normal young person with hopes and dreams can get themselves into), you talk to your friends who are in the same pickle and this mentality develops. Now I don’t know if making college free is necessarily the option or feasible but both sides have a point. Nothing that is contentious has one side that is simply right — it wouldn’t be a contentious issue. |