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To: kidl who wrote (497448)	8/25/2022 10:47:23 AM
From: epicure	2 Recommendations Recommended By S. maltophilia Terry Maloney Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542139

It will make a difference. And while you may think they knew what they were getting into, if you read the studies on first generation college kids and their parents, those families absolutely do not know what they are getting into. pnpi.org This forgiveness may not make a huge difference for most students but it is symbolic and important- and instead of giving the 5% and the 1% free money, it's giving a little savings to the middle class (and lower). It's targeted in a way that should help struggling students, if only psychologically- and I hope you do not overlook the psychological damage that a whopping cartload of debt gives you. If humans were logical they would never gamble or play the lottery- but humans are not. They do not always understand or "know", as you put it, what they are getting into. We treat people in emergency rooms even when they do stupid things. I see this as a sort of moral equivalent to that. We also need to police the rapacious lower end colleges and online schools that make a fortune out of ignorant students and families. I think the people who run those ought to be in prison.