I dunno, I was a lot more upset about this back when I had recently paid them off.
I still think people who are currently in that situation deserve some consideration. But I also don't see it as that big of a deal anymore. We gave up a lot more money than we spent on student loans when we decided to have kids, for example. Or buy a house in the 'burbs vs middle of nowhere. Or finance that house.
SLF would help a ton of people, and a ton of these people didn't really know what they were getting into. I mean, you're 17 or 18 years old, our education system has failed you when it comes to personal finance, these people flash cash at you alongside some numbers you don't understand that turn out to add up faster than you expected...
Yeah. I have a lot more sympathy for these people than I did back when I was caught up on "I DID WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO." Sure, it was true. But I also got a headstart on life by happening to have people teach me how this stuff works, so I had relatively modest loans and paid them off before they could accrue absurd amounts of interest. So in a way I can only halfway relate anyway.
There's a difference between canon and not-stupid.