Should student loan debt be forgiven?

College grad's student loan debt has surpassed $1
trillion. It has now surpassed credit card debt in the US and many
students have been frustrated when they aren't able to find jobs after
they finish college. If there are no jobs for these people how can
they pay their loans? Will forgiving student loan debt stimulate the
economy? Robert Applebaum, founder of ForgiveStudentLoanDebt.com,
helps us answer these questions.

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[SuperLocoLudicolo]

You go rob

[7575047]

The fact that the government makes very little to zero of the interest you pay, deductible, is outrageous! Banks get bailouts and homeowners and students foot the bill. Absolutely despicable.

[ttiiyy]

@whyyesyes I do support education since our country does need doctors, engineers, nurses, etc. However, there's indeed some truth to what you say.

I'm really fed up with the fact that my tax dollars are used to support lazy pigs who teach politicial science or other liberal bullshit subject in college.

[ttiiyy]

It's hard for me to feel sorry for some students for two main reasons:

1.) Some of them are just RETARDS. They choose useless majors such as sociology or political science instead of majors such as engineering or any other science subject. They are just lazy and stupid.

2.) A lot of these losers who face debt now often have BAD grades back in college. They always PARTY two to three times a week, doing weeds and having crazy parties. Who in the world wants to hire these pigs?

[ttiiyy]

@whyyesyes What the hell are you talking about? Are you on drugs?

[whyyesyes]

I think people want the reward (money) instead of wanting to work because you love your work.

[whyyesyes]

Forgiving college debt sound like the criminal government will just give the fascist banks another trillion dollars.

How about suing the banks for giving fraudulent loans! The banks don't have the money in a safe to loan out; they just type some number into a computer!

End the Department of Education!

You know, if people still pay for school even though they know it's too expensive, nothing will change. Boycott!

[MrEniena]

@dbbuf1970 Telling someone to get a job in this economy is like telling a thirsty man in a desert to get a drink of water. It doesn't work like that and many of these people have tried to get a paying job.

I'm a college student and I've been looking for employment for a year without any success. I've had to resort to doing non-profit volunteer work on the side just to be able to get experience on my resume. Even with that I've had no success in getting any work. It's that tough.

[hellokittycutie2003]

@dbbuf1970 Right, because employment is at an all time high. 10 years ago I could understand this comment but in this day in age, whether you're in school or not, it's not exactly easy to get a job. Hell, I'm still looking after a year myself.

[nibblesann]

I stopped going to a big university and switched to a community college when I could no longer afford to go there:/