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Do you support the universal cancellation of student debt?

Also, do you think the (mostly) younger generation deserves a break?
If possible, would you elaborate on your answer?
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dancingtongue · 80-89, M
Not universally, unless it is tied to free college tuition for future generations. That said, there has been a lot of predator abuse of student loan programs -- particularly by for-profit educational & training programs -- with false guarantees of paid jobs at the end, fraudulent claims that it is a government-paid program to help get people off disability/welfare programs, etc. And these keep getting compounded by penalties and interest that will never be collected. These should be forgiven and the money wasted on efforts to collect diverted into prosecution of the predatory institutions. But those who simply made stupid choices in going so heavily into debt shouldn't get any more breaks for it being student loans than credit card debt or car loans or whatever.