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BoogyMan
08-24-2022, 02:33 PM
So apparently the cost of buying votes for the mid-terms is about 300 billion...

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/24/1118879917/student-loan-forgiveness-biden


On Wednesday, President Biden announced a sweeping effort to forgive up to $20,000 of federal student loan debt for Pell Grant recipients, and up to $10,000 for other qualifying borrowers. Biden also extended the federal student loan payment pause through Dec. 31.

"In keeping with my campaign promise, my Administration is announcing a plan to give working and middle class families breathing room as they prepare to resume federal student loan payments in January 2023," Biden said in a tweet on Wednesday.


U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said in a statement, "Today, we're delivering targeted relief that will help ensure borrowers are not placed in a worse position financially because of the pandemic, and restore trust in a system that should be creating opportunity, not a debt trap."


To qualify for the $10,000 forgiveness, individual borrowers must earn less than $125,000 a year, or less than $250,000 a year for couples. To qualify for the $20,000 forgiveness, borrowers must meet those income requirements and must have received a Pell Grant in college. Pell Grants are designed to help low-income students pay for higher education...

BoogyMan
08-25-2022, 01:04 PM
Even the Washington Post is trashing this goat rope.

https://ijr.com/wapo-editorial-board-bidens-regressive-expensive-mistake/4
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/24/biden-student-loan-forgiveness-mistake