The Slippery Slope of Student Loan Forgiveness – Ep 167

When the President decided to forgive $10,000 of student debt for everyone anyone earning below $125,000, he opened a very slippery slope of government bailouts. If we continue to borrow from the future, we run the serious risk of becoming a society...

When the President decided to forgive $10,000 of student debt for everyone anyone earning below $125,000, he opened a very slippery slope of government bailouts.

If we continue to borrow from the future, we run the serious risk of becoming a society totally devoid of personal responsibility.

Worse still, we end up taxing future generations to pay for our indulgences, and may destroy the Dollar as a currency along the way.

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