That didn’t last long

  • abff08f4813c
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    13 days ago

    Uhm… so this isn’t quite accurate.

    U.S. District Judge Randal Hall in Georgia found that his state lacked standing
    Hall directed the case to be transferred to Missouri,
    St-Louis-based U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp
    temporarily blocked again Thursday by a Missouri judge

    It’s a bad thing for sure, but bad counterarguments only hurt the cause.

    • @Lasherz12
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      13 days ago

      There’s no standing in any state for being given something for free. It’s not a bad counter argument to say they should be rejecting these cases outright.

      • abff08f4813c
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        16 hours ago

        There’s no standing in any state for being given something for free.

        So this would be why a student getting debt relief won’t have standing to sue against the D of Ed saying that the relief is harming them…

        It’s not a bad counter argument to say they should be rejecting these cases outright.

        Have you read the article? The lawsuit is because an agency of Missouri - and thus the State of Missouri - is losing money due to the debt relief. (Or at least, so they claim - whether or not they’re actually losing money is something that’s up for debate.)

        When the argument is,

        “I’m losing money because”

        A bad counterargument is,

        “You can’t sue because you were getting something for free”

        Why? Because it doesn’t address or refute the original statement.

        A good counterargument is,

        “No, actually, you weren’t losing money, because those negative numbers are just the result of an accounting trick but aren’t actual losses”