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A Little Context Here and There

The personal income tax reductions of 2017 expire in 2025, but the corporate tax cuts are permanent, contributing $221B to the federal deficit (read 'debt') in 2020 alone.

Comparatively, the loan forgiveness being bandied about by Mumbly Joe will cost $300B over ten years.

Why are people content to subsidize record-high corporate profits with their tax dollars, but get bent out of shape if a person receives help from the government?

No, it's not fair if a person paid off or never had student loans (or exceeds the income threshold), but should not people have been equally outraged by the corporate welfare handed out in 2017?

Personally, I would rather see my tax dollars help people rather than corporate fat-cat-rat-bastards — or spent on a silly telescope, or a ridiculous manned mission to the moon, or an inept military that costs more than the next ( 12 ) countries combined, including China, Russia, and most of Europe.

There are plenty of dumbass things the government spends money on besides helping people.