Forbes Shreds Democrats’ Student Debt Forgiveness Push: Makes ‘Mockery Of People Who’ve Played By The Rules’

Steve Forbes slammed the push from Democratic lawmakers to pay off the student loan debts of everyone, or nearly everyone, in the country, calling it a slap in the face to people who sacrificed and worked hard to not be in debt from student loans.

Forbes made the remarks during a Fox News interview on Saturday. The segment kicked off by showing a clip from earlier this year between then-Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren and a man who confronted her about her desire to forgive student loan debt.

“I just wanted to ask one question. My daughter’s getting out of school. I’ve saved all my money. She doesn’t have any student loans,” the man said. “Am I going to get my money back?”

“So you’re going to pay for people who didn’t save any money and those of us who did the right thing get screwed?” the man fired back. “My buddy had fun, bought a car, went on vacations. I saved my money. He made more than I did, but I worked a double shift, worked extra. My daughter’s worked since she was 10. So, you’re laughing? That’s exactly what you’re doing. We did the right thing and we get screwed.”

Forbes responded to that clip when he was asked if there was an issue of student debt forgiveness being unfair, “Yes, there is and it makes people who paid there debts, took their obligations seriously, look like fools.”

“And if they have this debt forgiveness of any kind of scale, we’re going to have people wondering, ‘Why should I pay those obligations? Why should I take those extra jobs? Why should I sacrifice a private university to go to an in-state university to save money and honor my obligations?’” he continued. “So, you make a mockery of people who’ve played by the rules and this gets to the big issue which is, why are college tuitions risi... (Read more)

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