> Loans are a slaver's whip, and financial freedom is a horror that can't be tolerated for those who live below decks and need to be available to work on demand.

The joke here is believing that college graduates are the slaves. What about the 2/3 of the population who have no degree and will earn significantly less through their life, who struggle from paycheck to paycheck and can't even look forward to eventually paying off a student loan?

The parent's point stands. If you print money, you get inflation. That just turns into a tax for everyone that holds cash. Inflation also raises interest rates, which is a tax on people directly (ie. the amount they pay to banks) and indirectly (the interest government borrows at).

> The real reasons this won't happen are political. Loans are a slaver's whip, and financial freedom is a horror that can't be tolerated for those who live below decks and need to be available to work on demand.

Comparing degree-holders who willingly took on loans to slaves, and with such wildly inflammatory rhetoric, is absurdly (and typically) out of touch.

Degree holders are the managerial class. It is essentially a prerequisite to be part of the elite class. Those below the decks in our society are those who never had a chance at higher education. The exact same people who would be paying more taxes to pay for a hand out to the professional class if loans were forgiven.