My generation has a political problem. We gravitate toward quick fixes for massive problems that plague our country. The generation raised on instant gratification, to little surprise, is looking for the same in politics and government.
On no other issue is this more apparent than the student loan crisis. Rather than targeting the root of the problem of federally subsidized student loans, President Joe Biden has instead pushed forward the Band-Aid fix of blanket student debt cancellation in order to score a cheap political win with America’s youth.
On the 2020 campaign trail, candidate Biden championed his plan to “immediately cancel a minimum of $10,000 of student debt per person.” That empty promise appears to have worked the first time around, as he captured 65% of the Gen Z vote, compared with Trump’s 31%.
So is it any surprise that Biden’s promise to eliminate student debt went on to be one of his administration’s major policy…
