As Twitchy reported Monday, Joe Biden held a press conference at the Office of the President-Elect (which is not a real thing) and confirmed that he was committed to canceling at least some student debt immediately — up to $50,000 worth per student — via executive order. That got the Democrats all on the same page, with Sens. Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren joining the Squad in tweeting about canceling student debt. Rep. Ayanna Pressley even called it a racial justice issue.
Entrepreneur and TV personality Carol Roth decided to pitch in with her own ideas for canceling student debt:
Here are some ideas to cancel student debt:
-Live with your parents or roommates
-Stop eating out frequently/make your own food, buy your own alcohol
-Get a second job or side hustle
-Stop spending on unnecessary luxuriesAnyone want to add some other ideas?
— Carol Roth (@caroljsroth) November 17, 2020
Roth really kicked the hornet’s nest with that one and she’d getting ratio’d. We were particularly amused by the response by The British History Podcast, which is apparently a lawyer in Portland whose avatar is a black power fist over the Union Jack.
I'm glad you asked, Carol.
– Tax the hell out of Carol and others like her
– Eliminate predatory debt traps
– Literally cancel debt and nationalize higher education
– Did I mention taxing Carol? She brags about "$2Billion+ deals" in her bio. Tax her.
– Also, tax her some more. https://t.co/fTbPQdjX7k— The British History Podcast (@BritishPodcast) November 17, 2020
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And if you're worried that taxing her would mean that she'll quit her job, don't worry. She can just move in with her parents, get a side hustle, and stop buying avocado toast.
She'll be rich again in no time.
— The British History Podcast (@BritishPodcast) November 17, 2020
No. Get bent. https://t.co/N0IID2kYht
— HouseRepEEE (@EEElverhoy) November 17, 2020
We seem to remember some history about the British and taxation. It didn’t go well for them.
-Get a degree you can actually use to find a real job.
— The ?FOO (@PolitiBunny) November 17, 2020
Stop the predatory lending of hundreds of thousands of dollars to kids with little financial literacy at an age when society hasn't even deemed them ready to purchase a margarita.
— Rhymer/Educator (@RhymerEducator) November 17, 2020
Amen. Get the government out of the lending business.
— Carol Roth (@caroljsroth) November 17, 2020
Attend community college for the first 2 years before transferring. Get a degree that has a reasonable chance of payback after graduating.
— Freedom Fantatic Scott (@scottlovingood) November 17, 2020
Community college for the first two years. No reason you should do anything else unless you have a full ride. The degree will say whatever university you graduated from. Also take college courses not honors classes in high school. They are free and go towards credits for college.
— L A Michaels (@lamichaels1995) November 17, 2020
Volunteer and enlist in the military as many of us did who were successful and don’t have a degree. You’re given education, housing, and fed. You’ll also see other cultures and respect your own country having seen the real world. ✋?
— Douglas Karr (@douglaskarr) November 17, 2020
Because you're not indoctrinated at trade school, that's why it's not even mentioned to you.
Most trades will even pay for your trade school education and you come out the other side debt free and with a career.
— Ordy Packard's Amish Pumpkin Spice (@OrdyPackard) November 17, 2020
Most people in the comments seem to think just canceling student debt is the best way to cancel student debt. Just make it go away, so they can buy houses and have children.
Related:
Rep. Ayanna Pressley says student debt cancellation is a racial justice issue https://t.co/avoFWNKsHE
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 16, 2020
