Summary

President Biden announced student loan forgiveness for 150,000 additional borrowers, raising the total to over 5 million under his administration.

The latest beneficiaries include borrowers defrauded by schools, individuals with disabilities, and public service workers.

Biden emphasized his focus on expanding pre-existing forgiveness programs after his broad plan was struck down by the Supreme Court in 2023.

Conservatives and Trump argue the efforts overstep executive authority and unfairly shift costs.

Biden called the initiative a fulfillment of his promise to reduce financial barriers to education.

  • @hark
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    federal student loan forgiveness programs that existed before Biden took office

    • @someguy3
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      242 days ago

      focused on revising and expanding

        • @someguy3
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          017 hours ago

          Do I really need to pull up the definitions of revising and expanding? No it’s not just applying, it’s revising and expanding.

          • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost
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            117 hours ago

            No expansion, its applying what’s meant to be covered. If the law says 100 of 150 should be covered, and the law covered 15 out of 150, and is now covering the 100, it’s not an expansion, it’s doing what the law is said.

            An expansion would ensure 101 or more.

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              revise /rĭ-vīz′/ intransitive verb

              To alter or edit (a text). To reconsider and change or modify: synonym: correct.
              "I have revised my opinion of him."
              

              expand /ĭk-spănd′/ intransitive verb

              To increase the size, volume, quantity, or scope of; enlarge: synonym: increase.
              "expanded her store by adding a second room."
              Similar: increase
              To express at length or in detail; enlarge on.
              "expanded his remarks afterward."
              To open (something) up or out; spread out.
              "The bird expanded its wings and flew off."
              

              Have a good day.

      • @grue
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        He “focused” on fuck-all because this is not an expansion! No expansion happened. The claim that anything was expanded is a LIE.

        The debt always supposed to have been forgiven under policy that has existed for more than a decade. Biden did his job and nothing else. It’s only notable because his predecessor didn’t.

        How much clearer do we have to make it? Why are you liberal apologists acting like MAGAs?

        • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost
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          219 hours ago

          Why are you liberal apologists acting like MAGAs?

          Because they are, why else did Harris court the right wing and drop support for BIPOC and Queer folks?

        • @Ensign_Crab
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          The person you’re arguing with treats lies as faits accomplis.

      • @Anamnesis
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        -62 days ago

        How? He’s just forgiving the shit he was supposed to forgive. He’s not revising and expanding with this new round of loan forgiveness.

        • @someguy3
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          42 days ago

          So you’re ignoring the news article. Ok.

          • @grue
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            From the article:

            The 150,000 new beneficiaries announced Monday include more than 80,000 borrowers who were cheated or defrauded by their schools, over 60,000 borrowers with total and permanent disabilities and more than 6,000 public service workers, Biden said in the release.

            These are all loans that were ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN under existing law.

            • @Anamnesis
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              61 day ago

              So hilarious that people are just down voting you without providing any evidence of new student loan action on Biden’s part. Libs will do anything to justify the status quo.

              • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost
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                219 hours ago

                “Look we did what we’re meant to do decades ago, isn’t that good enough? We earned your vote!”