Biden to announce $9 billion more in student debt relief

3 years ago by MicroWave to c/news

U.S. President Joe Biden plans to announce on Wednesday that his administration has approved an additional $9 billion in student debt relief for 125,000 borrowers, the White House said.

Biden has said he will pursue new measures to provide student loan relief to Americans after the Supreme Court blocked his plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in debt.

The president's announcement, planned for 1 p.m. EDT at the White House, will bring the total approved debt cancellation by the Biden administration to $127 billion for nearly 3.6 million Americans, the White House said.

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Glowstick 142 points 3 years ago

In 2020 I voted against Trump, in 2024 I'm voting for Biden.

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nocturne213 35 points 3 years ago

Is there someone better running for a change?

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muntedcrocodile 30 points 3 years ago

We need Bernard Sanders.

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goldenlocks -37 points 3 years ago

We can do better. Dr. Cornel West gets my vote.

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TropicalDingdong 22 points 3 years ago

You aren't actually serious right?

Cornell has bumbled his micro campaign into irrelevance within weeks of it starting. He's shown no political savvy. He has run for and won no prior office. He'd be a disaster.

Fetterman, or literally any progressive who has won a federal election is a better option.

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goldenlocks -43 points 3 years ago

Not true at all, still polling at 5% and will get at least that in the general.

Not surprised someone who thinks a walking corpse like Fetterman is a better option would be so ignorant.

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Kcs8v6 8 points 3 years ago

Damn man, he didn't say you were stupid, he just said he disagreed with you. Don't need to sling mud for a different opinion.

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goldenlocks -14 points 3 years ago

He did insult someone who has likely accomplished 1000x more with his life, Dr. West. So no, I'm not the one slinging mud here.

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assassin_aragorn 5 points 3 years ago

Someone saying a public figure with little experience in politics is doing poorly at their third party run is not mudslinging.

This is one of the many reasons that third parties aren't taken seriously. If party members clutch their pearls at critical observations of their candidate, they don't stand a chance in hell.

Besides, Greens are anti science sensationalists. Or have they admitted fault yet on being anti nuclear, anti GMO, ambivalent on vaccines, and entertaining pseudoscience like wifi causing cancer? I don't need Republican lite, grifting populists.

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