I’ve told my story on this and the other websites. First in my family to graduate HS on my mom’s side of the family. Actually first to make it past 9th grade. Dad left the home when I was 8 and we were better off for it and thankfully my mom met a great guy who became my stepdad. He had dropped out in 9th grade but busted his ass and treated us well. We were solidly lower middle class by the time I graduated HS and he did better after I was grown
And I had friends worse off than me. I started working at 14 but for spending money not to help keep the lights on like some of my classmates. As I said I’m for forgiving the first 20K, because that is mostly people who tried to go the college route or vocational school and family issues got in the way and they had to drop out usually after a year or 2. I know many that happened to
Someone who dicked around and kept taking more loans while not at least paying the interest and finds himself underwater? Not much sympathy my guy