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Re:Supreme Court Rejects Student Loan Forgiveness Plan by jfghi on Friday June 30, 2023 @11:34AM (#36536849)
Also a subsidy to landlords that would simply raise rent by the forgiveness amounts.
Re:Supreme Court Rejects Student Loan Forgiveness Plan by oddtuple on Friday June 30, 2023 @11:35AM (#36536875)
That’s not how economics works at all, so tired of hearing this
Re:Supreme Court Rejects Student Loan Forgiveness Plan by jfghi on Friday June 30, 2023 @11:40AM (#36536978)
Why not? They have access to credit data and are able to adjust pricing close to what is affordable. Much of the rental market is consolidated by 10-figure firms running similar sets of algorithms.
Re:Supreme Court Rejects Student Loan Forgiveness Plan by oddtuple on Friday June 30, 2023 @12:07PM (#36537500)
Because there is no new money being created, no one is being paid more, that amount is already being charged because the students already have that money as they aren’t paying loans. Also, if they were paying loans, there would still be the same net amount of money in the system
Re:Supreme Court Rejects Student Loan Forgiveness Plan by warning26 on Friday June 30, 2023 @11:36AM (#36536898)
You forgot that landlords are pure evil for buying something, because ownership is actually the most evil thing you can do

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Re:Supreme Court Rejects Student Loan Forgiveness Plan by oddtuple on Friday June 30, 2023 @11:39AM (#36536958)
I thought we were talking about student loans?