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Jacson6

(990 posts) Tue Jan 14, 2025, 11:04 AM Jan 14

Biden's Push to Cancel Student Debt Surpasses 5 Million Borrowers. (NY Times Paywalled)

Biden’s Push to Cancel Student Debt Surpasses 5 Million Borrowers

With Monday’s authorization and 27 previous ones, the Biden administration has forgiven over $180 billion in student loans, even as its larger policy vision never took root.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/us/politics/biden-student-loan-forgiveness.html

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Biden's Push to Cancel Student Debt Surpasses 5 Million Borrowers. (NY Times Paywalled) (Original Post) Jacson6 Jan 14 OP

It sounds callous to say this, but Vogon_Glory Jan 14 #1

Vogon_Glory

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1. It sounds callous to say this, but

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Tue Jan 14, 2025, 11:24 AM

Jan 14

I can’t help but wonder how many of these freed debtors rewarded President Joe for doing the right thing by voting for Donald John and the rest of the Republican ticket, assuming that they bothered to vote at all last autumn.

While I acknowledge and applaud the energy and activism of so many young Democrats and progressives, I have lost confidence in the majority of their age cohort.

(Maybe it’s because I’m from Texas)

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