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Biden has successfully moved the 10k in student debt from the people who received an education and moved it to the general population at large.

A review of this appears to state that it will by far benefit the mid-level income/high-income (up to 125k/250k) earners the most.

This puts the burden of this on low income earners and introduces additional income during a time of historic price inflation.

I have no idea what I can say.

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Consider the party affiliation of the people who receive the money and the people who will be paying for it, and all will become clear.

> Biden has successfully moved the 10k in student debt from the people who received an education and moved it to the general population at large.

$10,000 / 10,000 people is only $1 per person. That illustrates the benefits of shifting costs to "the population at large" from the "individual alone".

If everyone in the US gave me $1, I’d be a multimillionaire, while all you guys would only be out a dollar! Who wants to go first?

Are you spending that money on (a) food or medical treatments to survive, (b) mortgage/rent, or (c) an education to improve yourself and the society we share? If so, then sure, I'll go first, if you can prove that's what you're using it on.

In fact, I spend far more than $1 a year doing exactly that. It's called donating to charity.

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