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Why the Next President Should Forgive All Student Loans (grab your Barf Bag)
TIME ^ | 12 August 2016 | Leon Botstein

Posted on 08/15/2016 4:14:31 PM PDT by Lorianne

Edited on 08/15/2016 4:28:30 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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To: cornfedcowboy

It will surely dissuade any Bernie voters from going to Trump.


41 posted on 08/15/2016 6:07:44 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: wally_bert

I thank you for your service to OUR country. I appreciate your sacrifice and dedication. SIR!


42 posted on 08/15/2016 6:12:05 PM PDT by WENDLE (hillary took bribes through bill and foundation!!MILLIONS!!!)
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To: Jim Noble

Quite true. And of course the banksters bribed Congress to exempt student loans from bankruptcy. I support eliminating that exemption. That would allow those who really will never be able to pay them back some relief (along with the negative consequences of a BK), while not allowing high income deadbeats a free pass.


43 posted on 08/15/2016 6:15:42 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

They’re not talking about a comprehensive fix...this is a political bribe, using taxpayer money. It’s about getting votes.


44 posted on 08/15/2016 6:18:16 PM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: WENDLE

It was a mediocre 4 peacetime years in a screwed up place. The reserves were OK. The NG and me really didn’t mix but honorably discharged anyway.


45 posted on 08/15/2016 6:39:57 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Lorianne

Why? To get 1,000,000 new votes. Duh!


46 posted on 08/15/2016 6:40:28 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Hillary Clinton, the elderly woman's version of "I dindu nuffins.")
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To: Lorianne

47 posted on 08/15/2016 6:43:43 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Celerity

Home ownership is one of the surest paths to prosperity. In order to promote more home ownership, the government should forgive all mortgage debt obligations before they forgive college loans. With the new money freed up from paying mortgages, families could plow that payment into colleges or into wind-powered cars. This is fun - playing Santa with other peoples property.


48 posted on 08/15/2016 6:51:46 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: Lorianne
Only a "progressive" would think that it is a good idea to have the IRS extort tax money from middle income taxpayers who couldn't
afford college themselves and use it to give the Millenials and Snowflakes and democrat victim groups a free ride through college.


49 posted on 08/15/2016 6:51:56 PM PDT by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: major-pelham

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Give a man a fish taco, hook him for life.


50 posted on 08/15/2016 7:25:19 PM PDT by Francis McClobber
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To: wally_bert

Hey man. I said “thank you”. I want you to know that !! I understand what you are saying but you were not killing policemen and burning up Milwaukee. You stepped up for a reason and that reason was NOBLE!! Some of the most futile endeavors define us. I have been in screwed up places — real screwed up- but when the Sun keeps coming up and setting we see that is not that important. We see the joy of existence and the honor of being honorable. Press on . Go TRUMP.


51 posted on 08/15/2016 7:54:43 PM PDT by WENDLE (hillary took bribes through bill and foundation!!MILLIONS!!!)
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To: Lorianne

Forgiving all student loans... aka taxpayers left holding the bag.


52 posted on 08/15/2016 9:03:08 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: DennisR
Forgiving all student loans... aka taxpayers left holding the bag.

I believe forgiven loans are taxable as income.

53 posted on 08/15/2016 9:05:24 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Shadow44

I’m late to the party, but THAT’S funny!


54 posted on 08/16/2016 1:10:06 AM PDT by poobear (Socialism in the minds of the elites is a con-game for the serfs, nothing more.)
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To: dfwgator

They will probably exempt them from that too!


55 posted on 08/17/2016 7:12:19 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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