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How do people become this kind of parasite?

SFGbob
SFGbob Member Posts: 33,188
I can understand someone thinking this when they're young, it's wrong but understandable, but for a full grown adult to believe this, and then have that adult be a member of Congress is beyond my capacity to process.

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  • Bob_C
    Bob_C Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 13,343 Founders Club
    Just erase the debt!

    I wonder if Pramila could explain the basic accounting of that write off on the balance sheet, p&l and cash flows.
  • Bob_C
    Bob_C Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 13,343 Founders Club

    The one part where I vaguely agree with her is why is it that when someone files for bankruptcy, they can erase all debts except student debt? What is that about?

    She doesn’t complete her thought as usual, either deliberately or stupidly. Government backing the loans and individuals being tied to the loans forever keeps the interest rates artificially way low and this raised the cost in general as a result. Same shit with housing, but at least there’s an asset there to grab. There is no accounting scenario where debt just goes away without someone holding the bag. Beauty of the double entry system that Race helped invent.

    There’s no good solution here aside from raiding or taxing the endowments that have clearly benefited from this scam.
  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,483 Standard Supporter
    edited December 2021
    This is a topic where I lean left. I’m not going to cry for the universities and big banks.

    An 18 year old kid can’t get a 10k loan to start a business, but they can get 100k to attend a University. It’s wrong.

    The enemy is big banks, big pharma, and big tech. I side with the people. I know someone here will tell me how we will end up paying, but still.
  • SFGbob
    SFGbob Member Posts: 33,188

    This is a topic where I lean left. I’m not going to cry for the universities and big banks.

    An 18 year old kid can’t get a 10k loan to start a business, but they can get 100k to attend a University. It’s wrong.

    The enemy is big banks, big pharma, and big tech. I side with the people. I know someone here will tell me how we will end up paying, but still.

    They can get that loan because the Federal government backs those loans. Remove the Federal guarantee and you won't have banks making those loans.
  • Sledog
    Sledog Member Posts: 38,686 Standard Supporter
    So everyone's saying it's the same scheme as giving people home loans that can't pay them and wondering why foreclosures skyrocket?
  • Bendintheriver
    Bendintheriver Member Posts: 7,208 Standard Supporter
    SFGbob said:

    This is a topic where I lean left. I’m not going to cry for the universities and big banks.

    An 18 year old kid can’t get a 10k loan to start a business, but they can get 100k to attend a University. It’s wrong.

    The enemy is big banks, big pharma, and big tech. I side with the people. I know someone here will tell me how we will end up paying, but still.

    They can get that loan because the Federal government backs those loans. Remove the Federal guarantee and you won't have banks making those loans.
    Exactly.