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> I take a bigger issue with programs like student loan debt forgiveness which would be a slap in the face to poor people like myself who worked their way through college in order to no longer be burdened by loans

This is like saying that a cheap cure for cancer would be a slap in the face to people who drained their life savings battling cancer, and to the families of those who lost.



To be frank, conflating healthcare and higher education is quite a mental leap. Yes, they both have problems and are "free" in other countries - in either case, nothing is really "free".




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