uncle bernard

This was started by Bush during his second term. Seems like most of the people complaining weren't aware of its existence. https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service

Yes, public sector jobs. You're the one off track lol

Plenty of people under 35 working public sector jobs my friend.

Have you seen his numbers with young people? lol

They paid their loans back through service, which they agreed upon from the outset of taking the job. It's like a retroactive GI bill. Do public service and we'll pay for your education. Are you against the GI bill too? The other thing to note is that many of these people have already paid more than the original amount of their loan.

Much of this cancellation is from already existing programs incentivizing people taking lower pay public sector jobs (teaching for example). Work for the public for 10 years, make your payments, and the rest is forgiven. Many people took those jobs specifically for this loan plan. It's part of the benefits package. It's hardly letting lazy people off the hook for their obligations.

I think the biggest issue is that it's a selective enforcement. The decision is justified under the law, but the law isn't ever enforced on anybody else and it's clearly being done in this case for political reasons. He did commit fraud in the sense that he grossly overvalued his wealth, but that's what everybody does. Points to a larger problem in the system imo.

Yes, but we disagree how that is possible. I don't think it's possible militarily. The solution must be political imo. Empower the PA. Give Palestinians a reason to believe a peaceful solution is possible. Undercut Hamas' justification for existence.

“why don’t the gazans simply expel the armed and well-trained terror group that controls them?” that’s stupid even for this group come on lol

They are no closer to eliminating Hamas today than on 10/7 and have alienated the entire region which they were on the path to normalizing relations with, thus making their future safety far less secure. So yes, they're losing. Some of us could see past our noses to realize that a civilian slaughter in Gaza might kill many of the Hamas fighters who attacked on 10/7, but it was never going to make Israel safer or more secure. If they don't call a ceasefire soon, the death rate will start skyrocketing due to starvation and disease. Those who pointed to 28,000 not being enough to be considered a "genocide" will have to find a new argument...

The narrative is starting to shift amongst US Israel supporters as the results on the ground are increasingly hard to deny. We are entering the "It was a just war, but they did a really bad job" stage. "Citing conversations with “seven current and former members of Israel’s intelligence community,” Abraham reported that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had changed its doctrine to permit far greater civilian casualties than it would have tolerated in previous wars. IDF leadership was greenlighting strikes on civilian targets like apartment buildings and public infrastructure that they knew would kill scores of innocent Gazans. “In one case,” Abraham reported, “the Israeli military command knowingly approved the killing of hundreds of Palestinian civilians in an attempt to assassinate a single top Hamas military commander.”" Important article cited above: https://www.972mag.com/mass-assassination-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/ "The bombing of power targets, according to intelligence sources who had first-hand experience with its application in Gaza in the past, is mainly intended to harm Palestinian civil society: to “create a shock” that, among other things, will reverberate powerfully and “lead civilians to put pressure on Hamas,” as one source put it." “Nothing happens by accident,” said another source. “When a 3-year-old girl is killed in a home in Gaza, it’s because someone in the army decided it wasn’t a big deal for her to be killed — that it was a price worth paying in order to hit [another] target. We are not Hamas. These are not random rockets. Everything is intentional. We know exactly how much collateral damage there is in every home.”

I'm not a cheerleader. I hate the democratic party and I really don't give a shit if Trump has to pay or not. It's just funny watching people who complain about law and order get mad when it's actually applied. Did he or did he not commit fraud?

The amount was based on the fraud he committed. We should be happy at least one rich person is being held accountable for their crimes. Nobody to blame but himself. This isn’t going to affect his campaign. His campaign will be funded by the billion dollar republican war chest, just like the last two times.

No one was harmed when I ran a stop sign, but that didn't convince the cop to let me off. Break the law, get punished. I thought y'all were the "law and order" guys?

Always easy to tell which "Christians" don't read the Bible lol

@mspart rushing here to try to make this a trans thing says a lot. She wasn't trans, but it wouldn't matter if she was. The vast majority of mass shooters are straight men. Doesn't mean straight men are evil.

As many rational observers said at the time and were ferociously shouted down (despite many first hand accounts by Israeli survivors), it looks like the IDF killed many of the 10/7 victims themselves with their chaotic, disorganized response.

you're just jealous because she's vibing

maher has always been a social libertarian without much interest in economic issues. the only thing that’s changed is his distaste for a certain type of left cultural politics (which is mostly driven by the fact those people don’t like his humor). he comes off more balanced now because his dislike of “wokeness” is catching up to his dislike of religion.

other than his tax dollars funding it just like yours and mine? nothing. why? do you think i was saying it was his fault?

i’ve certainly never said or believed anything of the sort

if you want to be lazy that’s fine but the effects of things like this are far reaching and often are t fully realized until years later. we found out years after the fact the cia and mi6 overthrew Mossadegh in Iran (secular democratically elected leader who wanted to nationalize iran’s oil industry to lift his country out of poverty) and replaced him with the old monarchy on behalf of british oil interests. the subsequent brutal reign of the shah produced the conditions for the islamic revolution, which spread across the region like wildfire. almost every issue in the middle east today is linked to that one event. these things are important, whether you care or not.

what are you talking about?

So does stuff like this! That's why I criticize it. Hope that clears things up.