First, this isn't the thread for this debate.
Second, that's not the argument to which I was responding. The post to which I was responding claimed that we "now" live in a country where people can take out debt and the government will force others to pay for it. A clear reference to student loan forgiveness debate.
The point is simple. Government frequently "bails" out others who have taken out debt. The bankruptcy code is designed to wipe clean the debt of others. Society as a whole pays for that. For God's sake, the previous occupier of the White House thrived on not paying voluntarily incurred debt and subsequently going into bankruptcy to forgive those financial decisions. Society as a whole paid for that person's personal financial benefit.
Farmers take on debt every year as part of their business and the government uses our tax money to assist them to keep their businesses afloat. Governments give companies tax deals all the time, foisting greater cost upon regular taxpayers because those companies aren't paying what other companies are paying.
I've got no problem with anyone claiming that the process to forgive a certain amount of student debt was flawed. Setting aside my feelings about whether it is good policy, I firmly believe that a large part of the effort, if not the entire effort, will be stricken down.
I've got a huge problem with anyone claiming that student loan forgiveness is somehow a watershed moment in this nation's history in which the general citizenry is for the first time being asked to assist/bail out (pick your verb) others' financial decisions. Give me a freaking break.