Article from Aug 24, 2022.

Im cool with it but also pretty fine with what he already got which was interest not being able to raise it above the initial principle and it being forgiven in 20 years. The problem I see is its a bandaid as the ability to get in debt from education much like from health issues just should not be. Especially with the predatory "academic" institutions we have now that are just about getting tuition and not about producing competent graduates.

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President Joe Biden fulfilled a long-awaited and much-discussed campaign promise on Wednesday, announcing the cancellation of $10,000 in student-loan debt for some borrowers.

"President Biden's student-loan socialism is a slap in the face to every family who sacrificed to save for college, every graduate who paid their debt, and every American who chose a certain career path or volunteered to serve in our Armed Forces in order to avoid taking on debt," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell wrote in a statement.

Biden has repeatedly slammed large corporations for paying little or nothing in federal income taxes, something he's attempted to change through proposals to raise the corporate-tax rate.

Shortly before Biden's White House remarks, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York — who has been one of the most forceful congressional advocates for full cancellation — tweeted that student-loan debt is "immoral."

Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia, who is in a tough reelection fight against Herschel Walker, a former NFL star, this fall, has pushed the administration to address student-loan reform since he joined the upper chamber after his 2021 runoff election.

"We all know the cost of higher education is crushing families, and that's why I've supported expanding Pell Grants, affordable community college, and loan forgiveness for those entering vital professions like nursing," he said in a statement.

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