It's Laughable

Jesus said that the reign of heaven is like a landowner who paid every laborer the same rate no matter how much they worked. Those who labored eight hours in the scorching heat were mad because they got paid the same as those who worked just one hour at the end of the day. Many conservative opponents of Biden’s partial student debt cancelation echo those who were grumbling in the parable. They say that this “handout” is not fair to those who worked decades to pay off their debts. They sound just as silly as the workers in the parable squabbling over the daily wage - while the landowner owns so much land! It’s laughable. Which is the point of the parable. If we really want a “fair” society, we must shift our focus on to those who hoard so much stuff – and how they got it all in the first place.