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Re:Sanders to propose canceling entire $1.6T in US student l... by kenhwang on Sunday June 23, 2019 @11:37PM (#20260316)
I agree this is straight up pork barrel politics, not good policy, and rewards poor behavior without anything preventing the problem from happening again.

A simpler, fairer proposal: give _everyone_ who attended college in the last X years $Y per year attended. At least that way the good actors aren't punished to subsidize the bad ones, and everyone is still drawn towards lower cost programs and valuable degrees.

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Re:Sanders to propose canceling entire $1.6T in US student l... by basch on Monday June 24, 2019 @10:15AM (#20263695)
It should be more of a sliding scale. Each year further from today gets less.
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Re:Sanders to propose canceling entire $1.6T in US student l... by kenhwang on Monday June 24, 2019 @02:41PM (#20266920)
Sure, make it a chart. If you paid tuition during X year, you get $Y per month attended.
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Re:Sanders to propose canceling entire $1.6T in US student l... by basch on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @09:46AM (#20274085)
Thats about as close to fair as you can get. Maybe with some kind of interest reimbursement, for people who paid loans not cash. Also minus any tax credits youve gotten, for paying interest or principal.
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