“Hmm, the generalization of who has student debt seems incorrect to me in this episode. How are we supposed to move out of the lower working class we were born into without that college education? This is a trope we were sold our entire lives - “if you want to do well in this world, go to college.” This comment that student loan debt disproportionately impacts media type people is absolutely incorrect. Do you suggest that the only reason student loan debt is being talked about is because all the reporters writing about it have it? Absolutely not. I am not a reporter, I did not go to law school, and I was homeless for the first 10 years of my life. My student loan debt stops me from participating in all major life milestones - marriage, children, home ownership. For example, if I marry my partner, that debt becomes theirs too. I wanted to invest in a home but will not be able to because my borrowing power is just 10k - that is with absolutely perfect credit, and only student loan debt. People are trapped in this debt - all other debt can be removed with filing for bankruptcy except for student loans. So what are we to do? Student loan debt is literally inescapable. There was so much about this episode that was upsetting and privileged. Brushing off the insane weight of student loan debt as a problem only rich kids who went to law school have is also ridiculous. Those of us born into no money, and have worked so hard to create a better life for ourselves than what we started with just had to listen to light comedic jabs at a problem that is literally stopping our life progression in its tracks. Please consider having an additional guest who is actually affected by student loans on during a discussion like this.”
anniehmac via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/03/21