OPINION:
Last week a Washington Times article chronicled the desire by the Democrats and President Biden to “cancel up to $50,000 of federal student loan debt” and the demand by the “Squad” that we give students “quick debt relief” (“Democratic-led Congress pressures Biden to cancel up to $50,000 in federal student loans,” Web, Feb. 4).
A long time ago, in an America embroiled in police action in Vietnam, I joined the military to earn GI Bill benefits so I could attend college. I have never second-guessed my service to my country and all that I was able to accomplish and see during that time. I received those GI Bill benefits and put them to good use.
However, this makes me wonder about what we are teaching our young Americans. all of whom have several options following graduation from high school (graduation being the operative word here).
Whatever decision graduates have made or may make, the reality of life is that decisions have consequences — just like elections. There are no do-overs in real life.
This latest do-over being planned by the Democrats is in keeping with the computer-game version of reality that modern young Americans experience growing up. Don’t like your situation? Hit reset/reboot and try again. So now not only are we depriving millions of our young Americans in-person/in-school education because of the current pandemic, we are also teaching them that reality is not real and can be “fixed.”
If this Democratic plan of cancelling up to $50,000 of student loans is approved, there needs to be a companion bill that gives each person who joined the military and used the GI Bill the difference between what their GI Bill benefits were and $50,000.
If that sounds like a non-starter, so should this crazy Democratic plan of cancelling $50,000 of lawful debt.
JAMES KOUT
Bowie, Md.
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