Joe Biden knows very well that he is able to cancel student loan debt by executive order, without congressional approval. Every day he doesn't, he's personally, consciously inflicting untold suffering on the American people. People are losing their lives over this stuff. It's not a fucking joke, and him treating it like some political game is disgusting.
Also, for those who are new to this conversation, and claim that cancelling the debt doesn't solve the fundamental problem: Everyone advocating for student debt cancellation is also a supporter of making colleges and trade school tuition-free, and sees cancellation as an intentional strategy to accomplish that.
The reason there is this present focus on Biden using his executive order to cancel student debt is because (1) he has that power to do so right now, (2) nobody expects congress to pass legislation to cancel it over the next four years, and (3) because cancelling all of that debt would force congress to enact tuition-free legislation or be doomed to allow the debt to be cancelled every time a Democratic president takes office (since a precedent will have been set).
Meaning, to avoid the need for endless future cancellation (an unsustainable situation for our economy) the onus would be forced onto congress (against their will) to pass some kind of tuition-free legislation whether they like it or not.
As a side note, because the federal government will be the primary customer for higher education, that means they also have a ton of leverage to negotiate tuition rates down so that schools aren't simply overcharging the government instead of students.
“When I was your age, my mom sent me to the store with a quarter and I came back with a loaf of bread, eggs, carton of milk, and jam. You just need to learn to budget”
It’s actually worse than she’s saying. The cost of a Hershey bar went up due to inflation, that’s natural. The cost of college went up in large part because these same Boomers who were able to pay for college by working part time at the local soda shop specifically voted to cut state funding for higher education. Increasing the portion borne by students. They actively pulled the ladder up behind them.
finalgarlicdis on April 14th, 2021 at 18:23 UTC »
Joe Biden knows very well that he is able to cancel student loan debt by executive order, without congressional approval. Every day he doesn't, he's personally, consciously inflicting untold suffering on the American people. People are losing their lives over this stuff. It's not a fucking joke, and him treating it like some political game is disgusting.
Also, for those who are new to this conversation, and claim that cancelling the debt doesn't solve the fundamental problem: Everyone advocating for student debt cancellation is also a supporter of making colleges and trade school tuition-free, and sees cancellation as an intentional strategy to accomplish that.
The reason there is this present focus on Biden using his executive order to cancel student debt is because (1) he has that power to do so right now, (2) nobody expects congress to pass legislation to cancel it over the next four years, and (3) because cancelling all of that debt would force congress to enact tuition-free legislation or be doomed to allow the debt to be cancelled every time a Democratic president takes office (since a precedent will have been set).
Meaning, to avoid the need for endless future cancellation (an unsustainable situation for our economy) the onus would be forced onto congress (against their will) to pass some kind of tuition-free legislation whether they like it or not.
As a side note, because the federal government will be the primary customer for higher education, that means they also have a ton of leverage to negotiate tuition rates down so that schools aren't simply overcharging the government instead of students.
MarieMdeLafayette on April 14th, 2021 at 18:35 UTC »
“When I was your age, my mom sent me to the store with a quarter and I came back with a loaf of bread, eggs, carton of milk, and jam. You just need to learn to budget”
Sir, this is a Wendy’s.
heavymcd on April 14th, 2021 at 18:41 UTC »
It’s actually worse than she’s saying. The cost of a Hershey bar went up due to inflation, that’s natural. The cost of college went up in large part because these same Boomers who were able to pay for college by working part time at the local soda shop specifically voted to cut state funding for higher education. Increasing the portion borne by students. They actively pulled the ladder up behind them.
Doesn’t work as well in a tweet, obviously.