Biden Scales Back Student Debt Relief For More Than A MILLION Borrowers

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President Biden’s Department of Education has changed its guidance around who qualifies for student debt relief plan. Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola and Max Burns discuss on The Young Turks. Watch LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET. http://youtube.com/theyoungturks/live

Read more HERE: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/09/29/gut-punch-biden-pulls-student-debt-relief-millions-gop-states-sue

“Progressives on Thursday decried the Biden administration’s decision to exclude millions of people from its student loan relief plan, a move meant to thwart legal challenges like the lawsuit filed on the same day by six Republican-led states seeking to block President Joe Biden’s proposal to cancel up to $20,000 of federal educational debt per borrower.

Politico reports worries over legal challenges from the student lending industry prompted the U.S. Department of Education to reverse course and no longer allow borrowers with Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFEL) and Perkins loans—which are guaranteed by the federal government but held by private lenders—to participate in the debt cancellation plan.

Biden announced last month that his administration will forgive $10,000 in federal student loan debt for borrowers who attended college without Pell Grants and who earn less than $125,000 individually, or $250,000 as a household. Borrowers who received Pell Grants will have $20,000 in federal debt erased.”

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Comments

Adrian dos Santos says:

Let's hear it, Cenk:

"First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti"…

CAN YOUR LIPS NOT FORM THOSE WORDS?

fumpr84 says:

And yet I'm sure all the Gen Z sheep will vote blue no matter who because of the cool Dark Brandon memes, cause who cares about actual policy? ?

Ann Margolis says:

My Perkins loan wasn't covered under the COVID forbearance either. I had to pay my quarterly fee throughout.

Felicia R. says:

Sure are a lot of trolls and bots commenting!

Luminous Dark says:

Because I owe more than 20,000, I consolidated my FFEL loans a little over a month ago because I was applying for TEPSFL. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have known that I needed to. After hearing about the change this morning, I lost it and broke down crying. Even though I qualify because I consolidated before 9/29 my heart was broken for everyone else in my situation. And I no longer have faith that any debt will be forgiven. Also, lest anyone forget, the people who have FFEL loans have had them since on or before 2010. In my case, my earliest loan is from 1997. I’m still $37,000 in debt.

JURASSIC TYRANT KING says:

Let's not forget that it's not just the Republicans but Joe Biden realizes that he could lose more votes with the middle class especially since the middle class is expected to see an increase about 20% in their taxes come January 2023 when property tax is due, let's not forget he also wants to win over the middle class to win and keep the House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm elections and unfortunately student loan forgiveness package will cause the effect of increasing taxes in order for the US government get that money back.

little dicky dolittle says:

CENK: "It's our job to bring you un-bias news"
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V Gold says:

Every time I read this story today somewhere the number of potential student loan borrowers goes up lol.

lexxstrum says:

This is the same thing as the Filibuster: republicans can just say "we're going to filibuster this bill", and that's it. Imagine in football the defense can just say "we're going to block" and the offense just hands them the ball?!?
They could have just MADE those states and republicans walk into a courtroom and explain why the lower and middle class of this country doesn't need this bill.

mrmatthew2443 says:

I’m surprised Cenk doesn’t speculate what I will , and he usually does which is ., Biden doesn’t really want to do this and never did..

Makingnewnamesisdumb says:

This is exactly the reason he is "dark brandon." all he wants is power and he will say whatever he has to in order to either get your support or make you afraid to say you don't support him. He ran on student debt relief, immediately backed away from it, and all he's ever done on the issue is try to ignore it until he couldn't anymore because the administration has been such a disaster, so bow he's trying to buy votes abd he's STILL trying to resist paying the pittance he promised.

little dicky dolittle says:

He steals taxpayers money.

Milton Jon Espinosa says:

Biden has just lost my support. He is a back sliding chicken shit with no balls. We need a fighter not an old man with a weak spine. Too bad. Please can someone on the left younger than 60 run and win please. A woman would be nice. Old crusty bastards need to go.

Makingnewnamesisdumb says:

I don't understand why you keep supporting people trying to buy you off for your support when they always walk back what they promised.

infinateU says:

The donors technically give you all a choice. Survive and tow the line as a mindless soldi…..republican or vote democrat to submit, obey compromise and enable or the magic 3rd option, risk an early demise trying to survive as independent.

legally"

Neon Dystopia says:

Lol. You would have had more luck getting Trump to do student debt relief.

WinLuBen says:

What the heck?????

Sandra Melia says:

Aaaaaggggghhhhh RIDICULOUS

Glory to Israel Kadosh says:

Lol lol lol

Buddy Grimfield says:

Biden is the one who made education so expensive to begin with. Never voting for that lying sack of cat piss.

Tacitus e says:

Best way to cancel student loan debt is to get a job and pay off the loan you borrowed.

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