I have a staunchly Republican friend with a crap load of student debt

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51. And what of those who have paid debt off already? And can this be done AND the forgiveness

program start accepting the 98.9 percent it currently turns down AND we can invest 50 billion in black colleges, make colleges, two and four year, available for free AND institute M4All And invest billions on the New Green...

I think republicans will pretty much figure out that all of these programs can not be accomplished without taxing all of us to death, the wealthy 70 to 90 percent, corporations much more than we probably should, and that in the end they will pay to have debt erased.

I am willing to accept responsibility for my school loan. I’d love to roll back some of the interest on it, but I made a promise.
I am more concerned about the larger loans taken out to attend for profit school’s that lead to entry level salaries. These schools heavily recruit and do not provide an education worth the debt. I also think people in certain professions—law, medicine, science— pay too much to educate themselves.
But ya can’t do it all. I don’t believe promising folks multiple pies in the sky is a great way to enlist them to support a progressive candidate or that the votes earned would be enough to vanquish Trump.
Let progressives be more select in their spending projects, more realistic. That will earn votes all around.