To the Editor:

Re “Warren’s Education Plan? Coulda Been Worse,” by David Leonhardt (newsletter, April 26):

As a member of the “professional class” that experienced the “mild discomforts” of student loans, I’m offended by Elizabeth Warren’s student debt cancellation proposal.

When I graduated from college, I made less than $30,000 per year, and yet I prioritized paying off my student loans, to the detriment of other goals (such as saving to buy a home).

But now that my loans are paid off and I make more than $100,000 per year, I wouldn’t qualify for full debt cancellation under her plan. And yet I still don’t own a home, and I’m struggling to save for one in an expensive housing market.

I’d be upset if the government gave handouts to my spendthrift, debt-ridden fellow citizens who took on more debt than they could handle and are now complaining about it.