This is about a 15 year old program and nothing to do with current political sentiment. Those same people always had the choice of complying with this program as well.
It was a tangential comment and I never mentioned politics, at all. 15 year old program or not, what do citizens who meet all those things I mentioned get in return?
Please don't tell me it is "the satisfaction of knowing that their hard work and taxes benefit others who are less fortunate than them".
I don't view it as getting something in return. They made a choice. The people complying with this other program made a choice. Both choices result in less debt they have to worry about. This leads me to think we're having a different conversation than the one you want to have.
Kid A is the ideal student, never gets in trouble, always send assignments in time and comes out really well in all tests.
Kid B is the complete opposite and is basically a mess (for whatever reason).
At the end of the school year you decide to give both students the same grade. You (could) justify it by saying that this measure is going to motivate Kid B to behave more like Kid A.
Nice, but, how do you think Kid A is going to feel? What if, instead, it makes Kid A behave more like Kid B onwards. You don't want this to happen.
Not only that, but they worked in government or non-profit (under a specific definition of both of these) long-term while making 120 non delinquent loan payments (10 years) only if the loan is a specific type of loan. These people are by government definition not a 'mess.'
