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A Boring Dystopia
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You should take a second to look up who is in the way of that happening, because it sure as hell isn't Biden.
It isn’t Biden, who single-handedly struck a deal as a congressman to ensure students couldn’t declare bankruptcy due to crushing student loan debt? Huh.
That was a long time ago so it isn't relevant to Biden now /s
well they sure as fuck stopped trying
Nonsense.
https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/biden-harris-administration-announces-nearly-5-billion-additional-student-debt-relief
They can't help everyone, or even the majority, but they're helping as many people as they can.
Federal student loans were not accruing interest when Biden took office. Now they are. They could have helped everyone by not raising the interest rates.
They weren't accruing interest because of COVID. Do you think Biden could have unilaterally kept it at 0% indefinitely?