We should try student loans again. I'm sure that $3 dollars would be great. But people are drowning in student loan debt while we fund foreign wars.
this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2024
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There was an article the other day about him trying to get more forgiveness for borrowers under 12k in debt. Unfortunately, his opposition are a bunch of cunts and care more about "winning" than they do helping the people they were elected to represent.
Oh no, they care tons about helping the people they represent.
The people they actually represent are the ones handing out these loans.
Biden has continued to work on student debt with smaller successes after being blocked by the Supreme Court.
Seriously! While I understand the challenges of when you get hit with an unexpected overdraft and the fee snowball. But I think forgiving huge debts of people with the skills to benefit the economy would be more effective than forcing banks to forgive overdrafts.
Another round of student loan forgiveness announced today: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/student-debt-canceled-74k-borrowers-white-house-loan-forgiveness-rcna134635
Great, there goes the economy! /s
how about minimum fucking wage God dammit!
That's a congress + executive issue.
Congress must pass a bill which the President signs into law in order for the minimum wage to go up.