• Omega
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    974 months ago

    What do you mean first? Isn’t this like the fifth round of student loan forgiveness?

      • Verdant Banana
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        then why keep showing the have nots what they’ll never have

        everyone wonders why there is a group of voters in the US who disagrees with both parties well this is it

        the people forgotten by both parties always lose especially during elections

        • Baron Von J
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          384 months ago

          everyone wonders why there is a group of voters in the US who disagrees with both parties well this is it

          No, we just wonder why that group hasn’t learned yet that voting third party or not voting only reduces how many voters the major parties need to win over to stay in power. Running candidates and voting in the major parties primaries is the only way to change the political landscape until we can get election reform to make 3rd party options viable. And we won’t get election reform without taking over the parties from within and from the bottom up (dirty, county, and state offices) because getting ranked choice is done at the state level, not the federal level (without a constitutional amendment).

          • Flying Squid
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            204 months ago

            Yes, but they “voted their conscience” so that’s fine. I always think they might as well just save the time and energy and stay home and not vote if they feel that way.

            Also, as W. C. Fields once said, “I never vote for, only against.” That sure is true in 2024. I’m voting against every Republican on the ballot by voting for Democrats. I’ll worry about reforming the Democrats when I can be sure that my queer friends and family aren’t in danger of genocide.

        • @jumjummy@lemmy.world
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          234 months ago

          bOtH sIdEs

          All I know is that the Democrats and Biden are trying to push school debt forgiveness to larger groups, and it’s the GOP who consistently blocks it. I didn’t see any GOP pushback for welfare… err PPP “loans” to businesses though

        • @Kadaj21@lemmy.world
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          134 months ago

          They’ve been whacking away a smaller groups since the SCOTUS decision. There’s been announcements of those groups over the last couple of years and (by their account) still working on a big one that adheres to the SCOTUS ruling in the case that should not have been, from Texas.

          I get emails from the DoE every once in a while that gives updates as well. My wife benefited from one of the rounds, while I (with a much higher balance) have not. If I benefit, it will be a huge lift off my back, but if not I’m not about to deride those who were able to be freed from the debt.

          This reminds me of a couple of posts where someone was complaining about how fast food workers were starting to make almost as much as them. One take was to be happy more people are getting paid better, and the other was that someone needs to talk to their management on getting some raises.

          I’d hazard for the second one we (the public) need to get people voted in with the objective of being more socially minded rather than those trying to shit on “others”. The MTGs and Gaetzs’ of the political world are not interested in helping others, we need more AOCs and Bernies.

          • @solsangraal@lemmy.zip
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            64 months ago

            reminds me of a couple of posts where someone was complaining about how fast food workers were starting to make almost as much as them.

            which reminds me of the people whining about illegal immigrants “dur toork our jerrrrbsss!!!” without a single word about the 1% business owners who consistently hire those immigrants and literally give them a reason to come to the country

        • Flying Squid
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          74 months ago

          Why can’t you be happy for someone getting some help just because it isn’t you?