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Is canceling student loan debt considered stealing? (discuss.online)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have an economics teacher that made this claim in class yesterday. I wanted to know other people’s thoughts about it.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

In the strictest legal sense it's not stealing.

Forgiving loans of those who followed a program and qualified is definitely not stealing. Not forgiving those loans and forcing payment, is at least analogous to stealing.

Blanket forgiveness of all loans is similar to stealing from future generations, as it is government debt that isn't getting repaid as expected.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

No, I don't think so. Did they give any reasoning for me? Maybe I'm missing something

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago

No more so then all the COVID loans forgiven for members of Congress.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I had a university lecturer who claimed that climate change was racist "because Bangladeshi women can't swim"

Idk how some people end up being able to teach sometimes

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

All I could think was: Aliens don't wear hats on Tuesdays because Tuna Helper is in Retrograde

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

No.

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