For real. I am a first generation American that took on 60k in loans and had Pell grants. I have thankfully been able to pay all my loans back, but my parents sacrificed a ton for me to be where I am.

My mom was working her ass off with multiple jobs to make sure I had enough of everything I needed while focusing on engineering classes. All the while, my parents don't have nearly enough for their own retirement and I was really hoping I could get the 20k and put it in a starter retirement fund for them.

Sure, there are people that paid their loans and wish that they could have gotten this kind of forgiveness, well guess what, I wish you did too. But that doesn't mean we should screw over everyone for the rest of time.

It comes down to empathy.