If all you know of the world is people on cable news trying to make you afraid, you’re missing out on so much. There are poems to read and raspberries to be plucked and dogs frolicking in autumn foliage. Don’t let fear and rage blind you to the glory that shines in all things.
Let's take a closer look at some of the loudest critics of #CancelStudentDebt.
Are they wealthy?
Did they go to elite schools?
Are they powerful people helped by the status quo?
(Spoiler alert: yes)
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If we cancel all student debt, ppl will want medical debt forgiven. If we cancel medical debt, they're going to want free healthcare. If we give them that, they'll want us to house the homeless. Then everyone's going to want a living wage. The whole society will fall apart.
A nonprofit called RIP Medical Debt, founded by two ex-debt collectors who used to chase down patients who couldn't afford their bills, buys up unpaid hospital bills from low-income patients — and then clears it
It has wiped out billions in debt so far https://t.co/GoWGQmbF88