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The Trump admin used the Heroes Act (Passed by George W) to pause student loan interest due to the pandemic. But as soon as the Dems used the exact same Heroes Act to forgive student loans, the GOP SCOTUS said no can do fella.
Also, standing rules were just ignored because of ~~the law~~ they don't like Biden.
The gop has been the hypocritical party of no for decades now. It's okay when they do something but as soon as a dem tries to do the same thing they have an issue with it.
These decisions are so single-generation now. Give it two generations and things will likely go one of two ways, with no gray area for either side. I guess some billionaires think they'll beat the clock.
It's unfortunate that debt forgiveness was ever conceived in the first place. It fails on so many levels, but now it even fails the people that expected to be forgiven. Even if it were possible to continue with what was pledged, it's still a half measure temporary bandaid and not a solution.
Those fuckers stole 4k from me. I'll be glad when those old fucks die (of natural causes most likely) and I see them composted into something more useful.
It'd be worthwhile to have average ROI by major for each institution. College isn't always the answer.
Gen Z is projected to not attend college in large numbers so those that do will likely have a high ROI for their degrees.
With ever-increasing opportunities for online learning (some free), I'm imagining the new elite education is one merging online resources (Khan Academy, university online courses, Brilliant, etc.) and institutional instruction to achieve more advanced outcomes for the typical student of a traditional degree. For some disciplines, this could offload from traditional institutions what is now being treated as advanced vocational training and allow them to focus on maximizing post-grad program candidates for academics and for advanced careers.
yea and also these dems are some of the weakest and most spineless in recent history. apparently the whip doesnt exist anymore in the democratic party
What are they supposed to whip up, some cream? They don't have the votes.
"The GOP is to blame for student debt, and young voters know it" would be a less biased headline
Young Americans don't know about Bidens 2005/6 bill that made it impossible to get rid of student loans through bankruptcy. Once you know his history and biggest campaign financers it's easy to see that Biden doesn't want to cancel them either. None of them are fighting for the working class.
True. For those that are interested, here is some history on what he has done as far as student loans go, which is not entirely bad. Also, Clinton voted for that bankruptcy bill too, but thankfully Obama voted against.
https://theintercept.com/2020/01/07/joe-biden-student-loans/
Thanks Obama
So he's changed his position on the matter. That's a good thing. Blame the GOP and SCOTUS. They are the real problem. Don't blame the handful of people who are trying to fix the problem just because of a position they took on the issue nearly 10 years ago.
just because of a position they took on the issue nearly 10 years ago.
I laughed because I also frequently make the mistake of calling the mid 00's "ten years ago".
I love how you're admitting that you don't understand the concept of changing your opinion and maturing with this statement.