Isn’t student debt relief just a short term fix? Yes debt relief is something I would vote for, but Like that money has to go somewhere right? Wouldn’t it be better to lower the cost of the out of control education or health care first to make it easier to provide more affordable universal care in the future?
Unless other country with universal care charge $20 for a cough drop at the distributor level for hospitals, then disregard my statement 😄
I’m more than willing to pay more in taxes as it will be offset by not paying my expensive monthly health insurance premium. Even bureaucrats would be better than insurance “for profit” flunkies in deciding what health decisions I’m allowed to make.
Debt relief can literally change lives right now. Long term changes are important, but the positive impact on actual current living situations is huge.
Yes, forgiving student loans can realistically only be a one time fix, but:
— most of these are for a previously existing forgiveness program that was managed so poorly no one could qualify
— halting payments as part of COViD relief while continuing to accrue interest means that some people are getting hit with ballooning payments after year of none
But of course the real problem is how to get college education costs back under control. They have been going up much faster than inflation for decades, making a good education much harder to afford than for the rich devious generation
— a big part of this is reduced state spending on education, so public school costs go up as fast as private. States need to start investing more in public universities again. Top tier private schools will always command any price but most private schools would need to compete if public universities were affordable
— some states are starting to offer some amount of college free
Oh another Q I had was the student debt relief.
Isn’t student debt relief just a short term fix? Yes debt relief is something I would vote for, but Like that money has to go somewhere right? Wouldn’t it be better to lower the cost of the out of control education or health care first to make it easier to provide more affordable universal care in the future?
Unless other country with universal care charge $20 for a cough drop at the distributor level for hospitals, then disregard my statement 😄
Why not give people student debt relief and make college free and have universal healthcare? It’s not like you have to pick one.
How much are you willing to give up of your own pay cheque to fund that?
I’m more than willing to pay more in taxes as it will be offset by not paying my expensive monthly health insurance premium. Even bureaucrats would be better than insurance “for profit” flunkies in deciding what health decisions I’m allowed to make.
I am just going to guess no one will make that happen for another 150 years, but it’s a nice dream isn’t it.
But my rationality is if you start with a long term plan for universal health and education, debt relief would follow suit.
I am just confused why debt relief is headlined and no long term solutions, as if the culture wants to hide long term solutions.
The culture doesn’t want to hide from it, politicians do.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/09/29/increasing-share-of-americans-favor-a-single-government-program-to-provide-health-care-coverage/
Neat. Thanks! I wonder what it would take to get constituents to pester politicians more about this. Anything I can do to help would be neat!
Debt relief can literally change lives right now. Long term changes are important, but the positive impact on actual current living situations is huge.
Yes, forgiving student loans can realistically only be a one time fix, but:
— most of these are for a previously existing forgiveness program that was managed so poorly no one could qualify
— halting payments as part of COViD relief while continuing to accrue interest means that some people are getting hit with ballooning payments after year of none
But of course the real problem is how to get college education costs back under control. They have been going up much faster than inflation for decades, making a good education much harder to afford than for the rich devious generation
— a big part of this is reduced state spending on education, so public school costs go up as fast as private. States need to start investing more in public universities again. Top tier private schools will always command any price but most private schools would need to compete if public universities were affordable
— some states are starting to offer some amount of college free