Sounds like today might be the day Manchin kills the BBB due to inflation/CBO.
I love that I got super into reading. I can finally tune this shit out. WAAF
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Lol? Take a breath or two
Yeah I tapped out of paying attention. I simply donât care.
Painting this entire message board as bougie and part of the imperial core is wildly inaccurate, misleading, and insulting. I get frustrations with things but occasional apathy and feeling of defeat are pretty normal when the party that is supposed to stand for the people continuously shits on them. The dick measuring contest about who is a bigger activist is ridiculous and juvenile.
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Not everyone is cut out to be an activist. I tried to get such a job once and was told I was better suited to being an analyst.
Watevs is a child.
ETA I believe the children are the future.
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Even goddamn Chuck Schumer gets it.
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Seems to me the people who get student debt cancelled will be happier, economically invigorated, and politically appreciative for much longer than the misery period of the whiners who lazily counter with, âOh yeah, better cancel my mortgage now too,â âI guess Iâll be receiving a lump sum check for the student debt I PAID OFF BY WORKINGâ etc.
I mean if Biden wipes away student debt, what is the sustained campaign against him about it? âCommunismâ? Everything is apparently communism these days, that doesnât have much original bite.
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This is exactly the scenario Iâve been wondering about for years. Itâs like calculating a bet or something. Someone has $100K in student debt they donât see a viable path to paying off soon, so they have to try to predict outcomes. Is he going to cancel $10K(lol), $50K, all of it? And whatâs the probability of those actions, how does that compare to what Iâd save refinancing and therefore disqualifying myself from possible loan forgiveness? Like if a complete loan forgiveness seems decently possible, why wouldnât you simply pay the absolute minimum you can to stay in good standing, at least until the end of Bidenâs term, waiting for that Hail Mary?
If Biden wiped student debt people I know in Portland would be rejoicing, it would be their biggest financial windfall ever.
I guess a somewhat likely scenario is if Biden cancels student debt Republican elected officials will rail against the idea, fundraise on how they must defeat this socialism/fascism(they have no idea what any of those are), until it actually happens and then theyâll send out press releases taking credit for it, a la the infrastructure bill
Decent chance Trump cancels student debt along with legal weed and Medicare for all, the only thing stopping his âpopular shit in exchange for looting the countryâ agenda was establishment turds who will all be purged by the time heâs in charge again.
Will forgiving student loans cost Democrats votes among uneducated whites?
- Yes, a lot
- Yes, a little
- It wonât matter
- It will actually help Dems in that demographic
- Donât know
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Though I didnât think about the non college going trailer dwellers.
Not a lot of votes there left to lose. And I doubt student debt costs them much among those still left.
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You also need to worry about uneducated nonwhites.
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https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/1470438857510465541
Interesting responses in the thread. Hereâs avg citizen take:
https://twitter.com/Omoi_VFX/status/1470469616837218314
This is a perfect Dem strategy, fullispeed headfirst into clear, avoidable disaster
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Idk @blagojevism may follow politics more closely than heâs letting on.
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Iâm still astonished Republicans havenât got behind legalizing weed yet. I know thereâs the prison industry and all, but damn that seems like a cheat code for winning the presidency. Dems have been trying to puzzle out how to get disaffected young people interested in voting. Man, just promise to give them weed. Itâs so simple.
Ive been paying the minimum for years for these reasons.