@ARE_you_kidding_me: “Tell this to the parents who worked two jobs to put their kids through school so they would not be saddled with debt. I worked full-time to get through without debt while my peers who took crazy loans partied.”
I can’t tell if you’re making the case for…
a) No new programs that would benefit people in ways that have not yet existed.
or
b) The case for reparations.
If it’s (a), you’re being very unreasonable. When the New Deal was passed, would it make sense to argue against unemployment benefits and social security because previous workers didn’t have access to these? We’ll join the rest of the civilized world and have Medicare for All soon. When this happens, will we reject it out of hand because we’ve had to pay for healthcare in the past?
Additionally, your stories of hard work to pay off your loans ignore the reality that you have benefited from having been born at a time when it required significantly-less debt. The cost of education has increased far greater than income, and you are not acknowledging the advantage that you (and I) had.
if it’s (b), let’s reboot reparations talk sometime. :)