lriv724@discuss.online to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 21 days agoIs canceling student loan debt considered stealing?message-squaremessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squareIs canceling student loan debt considered stealing?lriv724@discuss.online to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 21 days agomessage-square55fedilinkfile-text
I have an economics teacher that made this claim in class yesterday. I wanted to know other people’s thoughts about it.
minus-squareiii@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-221 days agoOne party’s debt is another party’s asset. So yes, cancelling a debt looks the same as stealing cash in the issuing party’s bookkeeping.
minus-squareClasm@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 days agoSo I guess all of those unsupervised PPP loans that were forgiven were a nice feather in the Democratic hat, then, huh?
One party’s debt is another party’s asset.
So yes, cancelling a debt looks the same as stealing cash in the issuing party’s bookkeeping.
So I guess all of those unsupervised PPP loans that were forgiven were a nice feather in the Democratic hat, then, huh?