Go lookup the lifetime earnings of college grads vs. HS-only. Then go lookup the demographics (especially economic) of student loan borrowers. Then go lookup home ownership rates of college grads vs. HS-only.
Those charts are interesting but better to look up by degree. Some degrees are not worth getting, some are only from a cheap school. And there are non degree jobs that pay very well - if you can get one.
My point was that student loan debtors are some of the least deserving of forgiveness, given that you have actual poor people struggling to make ends meet. At best you could make a case for the ones who never graduated or whose degree demonstrably hasn't improved their income or employability, or for making the loans dischargeable through bankruptcy.
that's a bullshit answer, esp. because now trends suggest that even STEM graduates are struggling to find jobs.
you're blaming the victim when chances are every adult, website, school teacher, and guidance counselor told them to go to school. you expect an 18 year old to be able to predict, perfectly, job trends over the next 20 years? hell, that underwater basket weaving degree might actually be more useful than CS after Trump collapses the US economy and everyone is back to subsistence level crafting
Go lookup the lifetime earnings of college grads vs. HS-only. Then go lookup the demographics (especially economic) of student loan borrowers. Then go lookup home ownership rates of college grads vs. HS-only.