Letters to the Editor: Of course the GOP opposes student debt relief. Educated voters aren't good for it
by Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times— To the editor: Columnist Michael Hiltzik asks a question on student loan debt relief that is fundamental to the direction of this country and should dominate economic policy in the 2024 election. ("Are Republicans who got pandemic debt relief hypocrites for complaining about student debt relief? Yes," column, April 16) For far too long, Republicans have maligned any form of student debt relief under the guise that it cost the taxpayers in order to fund "worthless gender studies degrees." They...
Daily Mail—and his pathetic response to anti-Semitic campus anarchy is proof of his plan to bribe student voters with weed and debt relief until they're high enough to vote for him!. Even as unrest descended into violence then ugly anti-Semitism, with Jews excluded from campus in echoes of the early days of Nazi Germany, not a word emanated from the Oval Office.
Washington Examiner—Student debt is bad, student debt bailouts are worse. Student debt, a new Gallup report shows, is making it harder for young people to reach key life milestones. According to a Gallup survey of over 14,000 adults, over 70% of people say student debt has “delayed major life events” including moving out of their parents’ home, getting married, and having a child. Strikingly, there […]
The Independent—Croissants aren’t French and pizza sauce isn’t Italian – the national dishes that aren’t from where you think. A food historian has kicked up controversy after claiming that there is ‘no such thing’ as Italian cuisine, sparking debate over the origins and ownership of food. But perhaps we should reconsider our ideas about so-called ‘national dishes’, suggests Hannah Twiggs