On the heels of the decision by the Supreme Court that loans you took freely and voluntarily should not be foisted off on your neighbours to pay, we learn of former New York State Senatrix on the Democrat ticket Alessandra Biaggi.
Apparently Ms. Biaggi graduated from law school with six digits in student loan debt — debt she desperately wants you and me to pay for rather than herself paying a debt she took intentionally and knowingly.
As immoral and — quite frankly — nauseating as this is, we further learn that Ms Biaggi and her husband purchased a seven-figure house in 2022.
Let that one sink in. She has $206,000 left of her student loans. She purchased a home for $1,137,500 — and she’s whinging because the SCOTUS told her she can’t foist her $206,000 worth of student loans off onto the taxpayer.
We also note that her previous residence was worth $691,006 — well, we should say “is”, because she apparently still owns that condo as well as her new ranch in Bedford.
Now, I realise that this probably isn’t the typical student with debt. It is, however, typical of the mindset that feels that someone else should have to pay for the debt you contracted for.
And it is annoying. It is your debt, not mine. You had a contract to read before you intentionally and knowingly assumed the debt — the fact that you either didn’t read the contract, or you forgot about it in no way foists the liability for that debt onto me.
This “student debt crisis” that Democrats think I should pay for irks me to no end.
LawDog
But…but… THEY are speshul. The rules don’t apply to them, doncha know…
A down payment for a million dollar home ought to be right about what she still owes on the student loan.
I believe their end goal is to make college “free”. They will have “standards” that the college’s must meet in order for students to get their college for free from Uncle Sugar. These will be requirements for specific indoctrination courses that all students must take and pass. After that gets implemented, they will then start pushing to require everyone to attend these colleges until they are at least 21.
Nothing from the government is “free.” My mother used to go to a podiatrist for pedicures. They didn’t charge her but took what Medicare paid, so she thought it was a free service until I explained that all of us who pay taxes were paying for her pedicures. She started going to a nail spa and paying for her own.
I guess you can take on all sorts of financial risk if you think someone else is going to be ultimately responsible for paying it off.
By contrast, I was offered a 160 acre piece of property in East TN with a 1600 sq ft house that had been renovated for approximately $230K in 2007. I could have made the payments with no problem but passed because it felt like I would be taking on too much risk. I’m glad I passed because the Great Recession started a year later.
In terms of sheer entitlement and trying to make others do the work and foot the bill, this senatecritter reminds me of Zephyr Breeze from My Little Pony, who when his sister Fluttershy urged him to look a job:
1. Tried to have Rarity’s cat and some of the local small animals dye the fabrics at the Carousel Boutique (turns out he doesn’t have his sister’s way with animals), and then:
2. Tricked Spike into cleaning the castle walls for him.