Dennis Prager argues that forgiving student loans punishes people who already repaid theirs, calling them suckers for honoring their obligations. He sees broad loan forgiveness as a moral inversion that mistakes contempt for compassion.
Compassion is a beautiful thing, but so are standards. It's permeating America, this notion that we change the rules. In the United States of America today, if you took out a large amount of money in a loan to attend college, you don't have to pay it because you know the government will ultimately want to pay it for you. But there are millions of Americans who did pay it. So you show compassion to the people who are no longer burdened with college debt, but you're showing contempt for the people who paid it off, right? Isn't that obvious? Oh, you're a sucker. You paid your college debt. You just had to wait till a certain party was in office, and then all the debts would be rendered canceled because the government would pay it for you. That's not compassion. That's contempt. The people who actually thought, I'm morally bound to pay my debt, end up looking like suckers because that's the way that law would treat them. For the full episode of The Dennis Prager Show, go to pragertopia.com, sign up, and become a full member.
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