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A Student Loan Bailout Is Not The Answer
But the answer is easy. And it doesn’t cost a cent.
When the Notre Dame Fighting Irish walk through the tunnel leading up to their field, players smack a sign stating, “play like a champion today.”
There needs to be a similar sign, mounted above doors to Congress, the White House, heck any other government building, that reads, “for the love of god, just try and think today.” Every politician needs to slap it before entering their chosen political arena. Because, for whatever reason, there’s no thinking.
At least that’s what so many of their recent decisions would make you believe.
This isn’t an ideology issue either. When a problem arises, Republicans like to thrust their heads into the earth while offering thoughts and prayers. Democrats like to blindly throw money at it like children at a rigged carnival game. Yet most of these problems have relatively straightforward solutions.
They just need to think.
Prior to the pandemic, citizens in the state of Michigan demanded improved roads. The governor’s solution? Eh, just tack on 45 cents to every gallon of gas.
Really? That was the idea they came up with? How long did it take to think that one up? There are a million ways to raise money…
