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[–] frostedtrailblazer@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago

after the need-based scholarships that I got

Dude…

You quite literally benefited from a fund of money set aside to help you go to college and you are okay with pulling the ladder up behind you.

You didn’t need student loan forgiveness because you got a scholarship. I feel the most logical perspective would be that we shouldn’t be gatekeeping passionate individuals from continuing their educational journey.

College should be free for anyone to go to. College students are adding more dollars to our economy for each dollar that we spend on their education. For higher level degrees, the benefits to our economy could be even greater for each individual.

Take the example of a doctor, if we paid for more doctors’ educations then we could have more specialists available for complex surgeries, potentially extending lives and raising the quality of life for many individuals. Saved lives also means that there are more people contributing to the economy as well.