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Socialism Update: Ilhan Omar to Biden: 'Deliver on your promise to cancel student debt'

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Ilhan Omar to Biden: 'Deliver on your promise to cancel student debt'

Don't forget to cancel every other contract I signed and agreed to pay for; credit card, cell phone, rent, car payment, mortgage, Time-Life DVD set, All that shopping channel crap....

And while we're on the subject, why should I have to pay for anything? Shouldn't the gov't provide me with weed, Nike's, and droopy pants?
 
Socialism update: it was a rainy evening in northern Ohio
 
That's just dumb. Now, I'll take a refund for the tuition I paid out of my pocket from decades ago. That's not gonna happen, and I oppose cancelling student debt wholesale. Targeted cases may be valid, but I think this issue can be put on the back burner for awhile. Biden won't flinch. Omar can scream all she wants.
 
tacomancer said:
Socialism update: it was a rainy evening in northern Ohio
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"...when suddenly I realized that my degree in hair-braiding was worthless."
 


Gotta buy them votes, ole Joe.....come on, out with it!!!!.....2022's around the corner, pay them off and we've got them.....what a joke.
 
Canceling student debt would be very good for the economy, pumping billions into the real estate market. Would that be socialism?
 
j brown's body said:
Canceling student debt would be very good for the economy, pumping billions into the real estate market. Would that be socialism?
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^^ This is what it looks like when people make stuff up out of thin air.
 
j brown's body said:
Canceling student debt would be very good for the economy, pumping billions into the real estate market. Would that be socialism?
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Possibly. But what it would certain be is an impeachable offense, since Presidents do not have the authority to abolish debts of any kind. Congress could abolish debts, but not Presidents.
 
I paid off my student loans and wouldn’t feel jealous if others have an easier time. I’m not petty like that.
 
tacomancer said:
I paid off my student loans and wouldn’t feel jealous if others have an easier time. I’m not petty like that.
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That is because you aren't a "what about me!!!!!" person.
 
tacomancer said:
I paid off my student loans and wouldn’t feel jealous if others have an easier time. I’m not petty like that.
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I never got a loan to obtain my degree. People need to be held accountable for their decisions. Why couldn't someone just walk into a car dealership, obtain a vehicle via a loan, and then never repay it? That is the kind of reprehensible and irresponsible behavior (a.k.a. outright theft) you are advocating.
 
Actually my opinion is that college costs should be brought under control before discussing this and student loans should be bankruptable but with a 10 year (vs 7 year) history.

I am just not petty enough to be worried if someone else is more fortunate then me in some way.
 
I would be happy with a discussion about lowering the interest rates, but really with the IBR plans they offer, my payments really aren't that bad every month.
 
tacomancer said:
I paid off my student loans and wouldn’t feel jealous if others have an easier time. I’m not petty like that.
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Having an easier time is fine... as long as it isn't at the expense of something else.
 
pocket aces said:
I would be happy with a discussion about lowering the interest rates, but really with the IBR plans they offer, my payments really aren't that bad every month.
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Yeah right now if we just cancel debts, it doesn’t fix the root issue. It’s only a temporary fix.
 
Glitch said:
Possibly. But what it would certain be is an impeachable offense, since Presidents do not have the authority to abolish debts of any kind. Congress could abolish debts, but not Presidents.
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Just itchin’ to see Biden impeached, aren’t you?

Well, you’re gonna have to just keep itchin’ because Biden isn’t a crook, like Trump.

“In April, Biden asked Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to prepare a memolooking into a president’s authority to cancel federal student loans through executive action.

Higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz told CNBC that Biden is likely waiting for the memo’s conclusions before seeking congressional support.

Even if the Department of Education says Biden has the legal power to forgive broad student loan debt, it is unclear whether he would do it and what the amount of forgiveness would be. In a February CNN town hall, Biden said, “I will not make that happen,” when asked about the idea of $50,000 in forgiveness per student.

Similarly, in a May interview with The New York Times, Biden said, “The idea that you go to Penn and you’re paying a total of 70,000 bucks a year and the public should pay for that? I don’t agree.”

Biden has instead stated that he would like Congress to take action and supports forgiveness of up to $10,000 in federal student loan debt per borrower.

"That’s something Congress could take an action on and he’d be happy to sign," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in March 30 briefing. "We’re still taking a closer look at our options on student loans."

Fact check: Biden still weighing options for forgiving student loan debt

While President Biden did not include student loan forgiveness in his 2022 budget, that doesn't mean he decided to cancel nothing in student debt.
www.usatoday.com
 
I support Joe Biden’s failure to implement. Pay your own debts. It’s 2008 all over again. Pay for what you said you would pay for.
 
j brown's body said:
Canceling student debt would be very good for the economy, pumping billions into the real estate market. Would that be socialism?
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Should we cancel all debt by this logic?
 
I don't care how fortunate or unfortunate they are, or how much college tuition may be. Reneging on student loans is theft, no different than if they stole someone's vehicle. Hold them accountable for the decisions they made. Which is obviously something a leftist could never possibly comprehend: Personal responsibility.
 
We have bankruptcy laws because the alternative is worse for society. That was figured out centuries ago.
 

'Deliver on your promise to cancel student debt'​


Omar must have dreamed it because I don't remember Biden "promising" to do more than consider $10k worth of forgiveness per student.
 
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