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Corrik7 posted...

This would be more believable if they were trying to fix the problem instead of forgive a bunch of people while keeping the status quo

Let's be honest here, Corrik. There are a LOT of fucked up financial issues in this country that no one is addressing in any capacity because one of our two parties does not give the slightest shit about fixing them (and in fact their only real economic policy seems to be cutting taxes for the rich), while the other party is made up of a voter base whose majority (older, middle class white people who are largely unaffected by the status quo) does not want to increase social programs, since said programs either wouldn't benefit them, or they WOULD benefit people they don't think deserve it.

Healthcare, minimum wage, student debt, unionization...these are all issues that the GOP does not give a shit about addressing, because their voters are easily riled up by threats of trans people. And the majority of Democratic voters don't really feel negative affects from those issues. So even if a very vocal group of young people support all of the above matters, there's no momentum in their favor. Meanwhile, forgiving student debt is a very simple concept to explain in execution, whether someone likes it or not, and it doesn't require the average person to really think long-term about fixing things.