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Footay

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9. I've said all along...

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 07:43 AM

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...what cost us the 2024 election was student loan forgiveness.

It was the tipping point for many of the people I live with and work with in a red state.

They see educated people as the enemy, and then they were told they had to cover the cost of that education.

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