We are down to the final days before we know who will replace Jackie Speier in Congress. The scramble started last November when she announced her retirement. Kevin Mullin is likely to be the winner, but I doubt it makes much difference since their positions are basically clones of each other's. Since we have the new Free Stuff (Not) category, I'll give you another example from the Daily Post's running Q&A with the two candidates. Yesterday we learned the two peas-in-a-pod think this
Notice two things: The Daily Post constructed the question too narrowly. First, the people who paid off their loans are being taken advantage of and neither candidate says a word about it. That was the question. But secondarily, the worse harm is to working folks (taxpayers) who pulled it off without taking a loan in the first place! The ones who didn't go to college or whose family saved enough to pull it off are being abused by this blatant money grab from taxpayers--to the tune of about $605 billion, with a B. Sadly, the seat may change, but the mindset will not.
Life Lesson: Don’t borrow more than you can afford to pay back.
Lesson 2: Pay back your loans.
You should learn this in college…
Posted by: Peter Garrison | November 03, 2022 at 01:53 PM
Buying future votes with YOUR money.
Posted by: Paloma Ave | November 03, 2022 at 03:55 PM
If anyone could present a good reason to forgive "student loans" i would be all for it.
There are many ways to repay all student loans. I believe that no matter what place in life a Student Loan Debtor is in when applying for relief, ie kids to raise, business, Heart Surgeon, Special Needs, Run a Farm or Oil Well. Commit to at least two years of Community Service. They will not get to choose what their work is, or where they go. This is not punishment. It should be a Personal and Moral Reconning.
Two years of work for our Country to repay over one single person's 1.5 million Dollar debt in two years is a gift.
How about jail or wage attachments? How has that not happened?
Time to stop giving a pass to theft and wasting Money on people who manipulate the "System" for their own reasons.
Two years. 1.5 million Dollar debt forgiveness. Good Deal.
Or make the Thousands of Debtors file Bankruptcy.
Have there been any contributors to this Topic that actually present a case as to why they do not have to repay their loans?
If anyone living in Burlingame that can afford a $15-25,000.00 Mortgage a month and not be able to repay a loan that got them to their place in life is a criminal.
Sort of like Trump.
Posted by: hollyroller@gmail.com | November 04, 2022 at 07:54 PM
You mean more like Hunter Biden and daddy.
Posted by: resident | November 05, 2022 at 01:46 PM
In yesterday's Daily Post we got another perfectly matched pair of non-answers from the peas-in-a-pod. The question was Are you satisfied with how the Administration is handling the southern border and the people who cross it, or should there be changes?
No answer to The Question from either of them. Canepa says they aren't an imminent threat and we need a pathway to citizenship. Mullin goes on about voting to NOT share immigration data with the Federal government, the DREAM Act, DACA and expanding Medi-Cal to illegals. Very sad.
All this the same week that an illegal Canadian who crossed the southern border 14 years ago, lied about citizenship to register to vote (voter fraud for years) and took a hammer to Paul Pelosi in his house.
Posted by: Joe | November 05, 2022 at 02:53 PM
Expecting a democrat to criticize another democrat? Not bloody likely, unless your Kamala!
Posted by: Paloma Ave | November 05, 2022 at 06:59 PM
Election 2022. More free stuff. More free stuff.
Posted by: Handle Bard | November 11, 2022 at 07:51 PM