> I'm one of the people who paid off a large portion of debt and probably don't need this assistance. However, this argument is so offensive.

Please spend my tax dollars on curing disease, fixing homelessness, free addiction treatment, better mental health care, improving our justice system, or even cold fusion. All of these have better outcomes than does paying off student debt.

> These arguments are all the greedy option

You left out the best argument against: there are much better things to spend money on.

I could get behind fixing Bush's biggest mistake - his bankruptcy change that moved the pendulum to lifetime debt. I'd love to see people be able to discharge student loans that are impossible to pay off or where the debtor was put in debt by a fraudulent or failed education institution.