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FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Provide Debt Relief and Support for Student Loan Borrowers | The White House

No President has fought harder for student debt relief than President Biden, and he’s not done yet. President Biden and Vice President Harris will not let Republican elected officials succeed in denying hardworking Americans the relief they need. In light of the Supreme Court’s ruling this morning, President Biden and his Administration have already taken two…

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Their new argument that they have the authority through a different law seems more ironclad to me.

As if, and this is total speculation on my part, spending their time on the obviously-gonna-fail one was a way of stalling to make the real forgiveness happen right before re-election

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as a borrower whom has never paid and has no intention of ever paying, i am very indifferent about this.

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As a disabled person with student loans, I sure hope these actually help. I'll have to pay out of my private disability insurance payments, and they are not a significant source of income. Income-based repayment is better than nothing, but not by a whole lot when you can't actually earn a real income.

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FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Provide Debt Relief and Support for Student Loan Borrowers | The White House | Spyke