statefan91 said:1. The COVID relief is means tested, so it's not going to everyone. It's also diminished based on means so not everyone is getting $600 / $2000 / whatever.Steve Williams said:
This whole Covid relief thing really bothers me. If you're a business or individual that has been directly impacted financially by Covid then I get the help. But to arbitrarily hand out free money to everyone regardless of the circumstances is beyond insane. My son is a perfect example. He's never missed a day of work, never missed a paycheck but received stimulus checks. Why? And there's literally millions upon millions of Americans just like him. This money isn't free. It has to come from somewhere and at some point the bill is going to come due.
If we're going to forgive student debt then I want a reimbursement for paying for mine on time. Why should those who paid up be left out?
I like to think (hope) that the politicians mentioned in the article are the fringe element, just like the Republicans have some of their own. In the end you have to hope that rational thought wins out.
I would just throw this out- I think with the proliferation of absentee ballots, the right may be in big trouble. All of a sudden you have legions of folks that, in the past, were too lazy to get off their asses and go vote who now basically have everything done for them short of filling out the ballots themselves. The Republicans are gonna have to get it figured out or they may not win a lot of elections going forward.
2. College is unfortunately a requirement for a large portion of jobs today. According to Forbes -
"The average cost of attending a four-year college or university in the United States rose by 497% between the 1985-86 and 2017-18 academic years, more than twice the rate of inflation.
The cost of attending a traditional four-year university has been rising more than twice as fast as inflation, and two-year community colleges a third faster."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zengernews/2020/08/31/college-tuition-is-rising-at-twice-the-inflation-rate-while-students-learn-at-home/?sh=50e90402f98c
College costs are out of control, and while in a perfect world there would be a way to reel in those expenditures, this is an easy way for the Government to pump money back into the economy. I don't believe most plans are to forgive all student loans, but those that have Federal loans will potentially see forgiveness of ~$50k. Yeah it sucks for those of us that paid our loans already, but I'd rather see improvement of people's lives that are being crushed by debt than just say "suck it up losers."
Absentee ballots are available in basically all states.
Costs went up because of an influx of money due to government student loans. Cobra effect. More government is not going to fix it.
