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Budi

(15,325 posts)
Thu Jan 27, 2022, 01:12 AM Jan 2022

Biden Admin has forgiven a total of $15 billion in student loan debt to over 675,000 borrowers, incl




Per the Department of Education, the Biden administration has forgiven a total of $15 billion in student loan debt to over 675,000 borrowers, including defrauded borrowers, borrowers with total and permanent disability, and borrowers who qualify for PSLF.

https://www.complex.com/life/biden-administration-canceled-15-billion-dollars-in-student-loan-debt-first-year-in-office?utm_campaign=complexmag&tum_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social


it's a damned good start. Thanks President Biden~💙
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Biden Admin has forgiven a total of $15 billion in student loan debt to over 675,000 borrowers, incl (Original Post) Budi Jan 2022 OP
Gods bless the man. Now I want those people who were griping last month that Joe hadn't done... Hekate Jan 2022 #1
Do not hold your breath, you will die! betsuni Jan 2022 #2
Yeah, but it sounded good. They make my teeth itch. nt Hekate Jan 2022 #3
That's a symptom for a far bigger problem DENVERPOPS Jan 2022 #4
Add it to the list! calimary Jan 2022 #5
I just submitted my PSLF paperwork to see how many payments I have left. róisín_dubh Jan 2022 #6
My sister is 75 years old and in poor health. Chainfire Jan 2022 #7

Hekate

(90,835 posts)
1. Gods bless the man. Now I want those people who were griping last month that Joe hadn't done...
Thu Jan 27, 2022, 02:29 AM
Jan 2022

… anything — when he already had, even then — I want those folks to show up and acknowledge that $15 billion is hardly small change.

Holding breath here….


betsuni

(25,651 posts)
2. Do not hold your breath, you will die!
Thu Jan 27, 2022, 02:35 AM
Jan 2022

I'm sure the student loan griping isn't going away, too useful to the anti-Democratic populists like Justice Democrats.

DENVERPOPS

(8,847 posts)
4. That's a symptom for a far bigger problem
Thu Jan 27, 2022, 03:10 AM
Jan 2022

The cause is the "on-line" schools and other outfits who are offering "degrees" which are a total sham.......and encouraging students to borrow money to pay them for their basically worthless "degrees".

You know the schools names, they are the ones that advertise on TV and all over the internet

calimary

(81,511 posts)
5. Add it to the list!
Thu Jan 27, 2022, 04:16 AM
Jan 2022

The list that was six inches long, single-spaced, 11-point font, last I checked - a week or so ago. And still growing,

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