uncle bernard

I still don't get the conservative Putin cheerleading. Do you think it's good that Putin invaded Ukraine? Shouldn't we all be concerned when a nuclear power invades sovereign neighbors?

https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/02/the-link-between-age-and-conservatism-is-breaking/ Interesting article showing Millennials and Gen Z aren't getting more conservative as they age like previous generations. You guys have any theories? I have one! (hint: they're the first generations to grow up without extensive exposure to lead paint and gasoline)

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No, intersex people have a different combination of chromosomes, such as XXY. If you want to go off chromosomes, there are at least 10 sexes discovered so far.

they needed all that energy to restart biden’s heart

That's not what fraud is. If he properly represents his worth, the terms of the loan (like the interest he would have to pay) would be different. I imagine if I went to a bank and inflated my assets to get a more favorable deal on a loan, they'd be pretty pissed if they found out right?

How would you answer this? Just curious.

one of the biggest failures by the dems on this is they let conservatives frame the debate around fairness. it’s not about fairness. it’s about what’s best for the country as a whole. and that might mean someone who doesn’t go to college pays $10 a year in taxes to fund someone who does. why? because that’s what society is about. working together for the betterment of the whole. education is an investment in your citizens and ultimately your work force. most of the rest of the world understands that. you all are so worried about people not having to pay back loans because it’s “not fair” to consider that removing the economic burden from those people can be good for all of us. They can spend more in the economy, start businesses, have children, etc…

same. i just wouldn’t kill twice as many civilians to do it.

I think we should hold Israel to a higher standard than the terror group, but that's just my opinion.

If soldiers are included in the 30k dead, then yes, you're right. That's still an abysmal ratio.

estimated hamas fighters - 30-40k - call it 35k current civilian death count - around 30k so if we go with 35k fighters, that's 105k dead.

Even if these estimates are true, that's a 3-1 civilian to fighter casualty rate. If they do ever wipe out Hamas, based on this pace, they'll kill around 100k civilians in 18 square miles of land.

And they can all reverse executive orders by passing laws through congress! You know, how our government is supposed to work!

3 of the 4 groups of loan forgiveness recipients were covered in that contract: 1) PSLF - what I posted above 2) 20 years of Income Driven Repayment payments - also included in the contract. You make your income based payments for 20 years and if there's any left it's forgiven 3) Permanent disability - included in the contract. The fourth is for people who were part of a major class action lawsuit against more than 100 for-profit schools who committed widespread fraud. Biden really isn't adding anything new. His admin is just processing the paperwork that they're supposed to. The reason it seems new is that Devos' department under Trump was letting the claims sit unprocessed to avoid paying them out. Sometimes they would process them, acknowledge their validity, but then put $0 for the relief amount. It was insane lol.

Trump invoked Title 42, part of his executive authority. Courts prevented Biden from lifting it for a while. We really gonna make the argument that the court system is unfair to republicans? lol It's like their main power hold in the country.

This is included in the MPN signed by every federal student loan recipient: "Public Service Loan Forgiveness A Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program is also available. Under this program, we will forgive the remaining balance due on your Direct Loans after you have made 120 payments (after October 1, 2007) on those loans under certain repayment plans while you are employed full-time by a qualifying employer. The required 120 payments do not have to be consecutive. Qualifying repayment plans include the REPAYE Plan, the PAYE Plan, the IBR Plan, the ICR Plan, and the Standard Repayment Plan with a 10-year repayment period. Note: Although the Standard Repayment Plan with a 10-year repayment period is a qualifying repayment plan for PSLF, to receive any loan forgiveness under this program you must enter the REPAYE Plan, the PAYE Plan, the IBR Plan, or the ICR Plan, and make the majority of the 120 payments under one of those plans." Hope this clears things up for you! edit: you can read the whole contract here! https://studentaid.gov/mpn/subunsub/landing

And the courts have also blocked some of Biden's stuff. Sounds like you're starting to come aboard my abolish the Supreme Court take!

They're not complaining in this case. They chose the career with this program already established. It was part of the calculus. Sorry you don't like it.

Trump revoked some Obama executive orders. You know this stuff is public information right? lol

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