We Must Cancel Everyone’s Student Debt, for the Economy’s Sake

Re:We Must Cancel Everyone’s Student Debt, for the Economy’s... by dmitrygr on Saturday February 10, 2018 @09:56AM (#16347526)

Wouldn't this just cause rapid multiplication of art history majors? Free four years of fun sponsored by the taxpayer since x% of 0 is 0

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Re:We Must Cancel Everyone’s Student Debt, for the Economy’s... by imtringued on Saturday February 10, 2018 @10:34AM (#16347705)

4 years of fun is definitively worth the risk of being homeless for the rest of your life.

Seriously what the hell is wrong with HN?

Do you really think the vast majority people are this greedy and short sighted at their own expense?

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Re:We Must Cancel Everyone’s Student Debt, for the Economy’s... by nabla9 on Saturday February 10, 2018 @10:32AM (#16347697)

The underlying assumption is that people incentives to get jobs where they earn their living.

Political argumentation using moralizing negative or positive use cases without any attempt to quantify them can be very harmful.

The real question is if positives outweigh the negatives.

For example, is 2 to 5 ratio of misuse's vs. honestly can't pay too much? If we prevent two cases of misuse but five people have their life ruined because various unseen reasons, is it a good deal?

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Re:We Must Cancel Everyone’s Student Debt, for the Economy’s... by lagadu on Saturday February 10, 2018 @10:26AM (#16347662)

It doesn't on our side of the pond.

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