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I definitely sympathize with people in college debt, but this feels like just temporary wins and doesn't address the real problems. This won't solve the overpriced cost of education. Forgive debt now, a new crop of students will just go into debt next, right?
We need universities to be completely free, universal single payer health care, drastically cheaper housing to rent and own, etc.
When someone is having a heart attack you don't give them a lecture on the importance of diet and exercise.
There is a problem now, solve it. Fix the root cause next.
Fact.
Also called kicking the can down the road.
If a house starts burning do you try to put it out, or kick the can down the road and let it burn so you can build a new one?
Bad analogy
We let these half measures go through and nothing gets done later because just enough was done to shut the masses up.
Be happy with your bandages. 🤷
Also called solving a problem instead of being a lazy self-entitled fuck
I agree but that would require Congress to do something. Trying to accomplish this through executive actions alone might not actually work, but it at least shows voters clearly which party is willing to take action on this issue, and hopefully we will end up with a Congress that is more in line with the will of the people.
I think this might be my key takeaway. He is wiling to address exactly this problem and might continue in the future. Even if you don't benefit from it, it shows a clear path he is willing to take.