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What’s Worse: Having an Incurable STD or Unbankruptable Student Loan Debt? An Honest Analysis
Presently, we are enduring two skyrocketing epidemics in the United States. The student loan debt crisis, and the explosive growth of sexually transmitted diseases.
President Biden recently promised to forgive $10,000 in student loan debt for lower and middle-income borrowers. But that’ll only help somewhat for the typical borrower, who holds an average of $32,731.
Meanwhile, according to a 2021 report by the CDC, STD rates climbed to an all-time high for the sixth straight year back in 2019. And while reported STD rates declined during the early stages of the pandemic, they came roaring back in the latter part of 2020.
An expected but unfortunate development I refer to as “lockdown libido.”
Check out these charts below and tell me you don’t feel a burning sensation.
First, one of the growing student debt load held by Americans:
Now the rapidly climbing STD rates in the United States:
