On my way to tell all the loanees about the decorum rules and technicalities that allowed PPP debt relief but not this. That’ll make them feel better and make up for the fact that at the end of the day, the government came together to bail out businesses (again) but drew the line at the average college graduate.
Also, going to conveniently ignore that the court’s ruling is not a matter of fact or natural law but a matter of “interpretation” by six conservative justices, but pretend like it’s a natural, apolitical decision anyway.
When your nieces, nephews, cousins, sons, or daughters complain about how this could have helped them and how they’ll now continue to be delayed to buy a house, start a family, or have some other major life moment and economic driver (gross), don’t forget to chastise them for forgetting their proper place as serfs in this economy and failing to practice proper asceticism. Only capital and the business class is permitted to live non-miserably and be bailed out for it
Imagine thinking that the only way your party could win is if the other side doesn’t vote. Perfect encapsulation of what the fascist Republican Party has become.
Imagine thinking that the only way your party could win is if the other side doesn’t vote. Perfect encapsulation of what the fascist Republican Party has become.
The law that was passed through legislation that gave the Secretary of Education the right the modify or waive student loans (which Roberts acknowledged, but claimed that reducing is neither waiving nor modifying)? It was not the law as written and was legislating through the bench.
Biden should have gotten congressional approval. It is why the PPP loans were a thing and these aren’t right now. He got people’s hopes up rather than actually getting it done.
He did do what he could but ultimately Republicans care about bailing out themselves, their friends and private businesses and don’t give a shit about regular citizens.
He doesn’t need congressional approval. The President can use the Higher Education Act authorization and direct his Secretary of Education to modify or waive any and all loans.
Waiting to see if he follows through on this. No idea why the White House tried to use the Heroes Act to justify the cancellation, but it’s clear that if Biden chooses not to enact cancellation with the Higher Ed Act that it was always meant as a carrot on a stick for young voters.
Using the heroes act I think gave them cover to argue that this was relief related to the pandemic, like PPP loans, which has honestly been an effective strategy to win over moderates on the issue - myself included. It seduced us into thinking that this was justified because PPP loans were not, and that two wrongs made a right. In reality, the repayment freeze was the relief we needed - anything beyond that would be economic stimulus, at which point you have to ask who’s being left out. The further this gets from the pandemic, the more difficult it becomes to justify.
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