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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 12 Dec 2021

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Nathan Tankus

    This is true and I'd add that center left politicians and think tanks bear part of the blame.https://twitter.com/NathanTankus/status/1470221357191475204 …

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    Nathan Tankus @NathanTankus
    It really is embarrassing how many otherwise left wing people have bought into the lie that student debt cancellation is regressive. Gotta stop choking on superficial propaganda and read up in more detail about the topics you're pontificating about.
    6:56 PM - 12 Dec 2021
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      2. Unbreakable Peter‏ @Loki1001 12 Dec 2021
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Which left-wing people think it is regressive, exactly? I've heard that argument from a lot of conservative Democrats.

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      3. Unbreakable Peter‏ @Loki1001 12 Dec 2021
        Replying to @Loki1001 @HeerJeet

        The only left-wing person I can think of who I know argued this is Matt Bruenig.

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      2. PhilLeshOwesMeNewSpeakers‏ @yeeeeeaaahhhhh 12 Dec 2021
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        I haven’t heard any left wing people say this

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      2. Unbreakable Peter‏ @Loki1001 12 Dec 2021
        Replying to @stern_tomer @HeerJeet

        Sometimes it isn't always about positioning. Sometimes it just about doing the most with what you have when you have it.

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      2. Brianthat‏ @iscalledbrian 12 Dec 2021
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        What galls me is that in every other context we're told not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good and yet here we're told it's either a perfectly crafted solution or nothing at all. Maybe forgiving everyone's debt isn't the 100% optimum solution but it's a good enough one.

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      3. Brianthat‏ @iscalledbrian 12 Dec 2021
        Replying to @iscalledbrian @HeerJeet

        Especially if any of the alternative proposals rely on trying to pass something through a dysfunctional Congress. That's pretty much a non-starter as the last year has shown. Dems can't even get wildly popular initiatives like Medicare negotiating lower drug prices though.

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      2. Ari Paparo‏Verified account @aripap 12 Dec 2021
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        The issue is that if you forgive the debt you are just encouraging future students to get more debt in the hope that it will also be retired, without fixing the problem of skyrocketing costs.

        8 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. strings and sealing wax‏ @22_over7 12 Dec 2021
        Replying to @aripap @HeerJeet

        The problem is that if you chew gum you can’t walk.

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