Dumb Trump supporters raise mortgage rates, reduce money for Social Security and Medicare, and Make America A Laughing Stock.
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I would be surprised if the people most aggressively against student loan forgiveness had any personal difficulty with student loans themselves at all. The politicians beating the drum were likely wealthy enough for tuition to be an afterthought, and their constituents do not value education enough to have needed the loans in the first place.
If you're in the second camp you're probably also bitter that these educated liberal elite, that think their so fancy and embarrass you with their big city talk, want now to get their education, which they lord over you, FOR FREE! You're probably angry that these young people with their hip culture you don't understand or have time for, because you're waking up predawn to drive 45 minutes to your manual labor job which is wrecking your body, "don't have to work like you do." In short, you're probably not very big picture oriented, your self esteem is probably pretty fragile, and you're probably not the strongest abstract thinker. You're likely angry to the point of antisocial, and relish any opportunity to leverage your will.