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TexasTowelie

(112,157 posts)
Sun Sep 11, 2022, 05:41 PM Sep 2022

Republicans Scrambling To Legally Challenge Student Loan Debt Relief - Ring of Fire



Republican lawmakers - from Senators like Ted Cruz to state Attorneys General - are trying desperately to come up with a single legal argument that would allow them to challenge student loan debt relief in court. So far they haven't found any, but they are working around the clock to make sure that struggling Americans don't get any relief. This is beyond cruel, as Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains.
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Deuxcents

(16,197 posts)
1. They will spend more 💰💰trying to defeat it than those getting this benefit
Sun Sep 11, 2022, 05:49 PM
Sep 2022

They have no plans, no ideas except tax breaks for those who don’t need it.

Biophilic

(3,650 posts)
3. Why, why do they feel the need to challenge this? What is so wrong about helping a whole bunch of
Sun Sep 11, 2022, 06:27 PM
Sep 2022

our people, supposedly their people? Why do they feel this is so wrong? I quote I saw a bit ago on DU said, "If it doesn't hurt anyone, is it really freedom?" I guess this kind of drives them. So sad.

MichMan

(11,915 posts)
5. I imagine it might be because it is being added to the national debt.
Sun Sep 11, 2022, 08:11 PM
Sep 2022

Same reasoning why they oppose most spending programs not of their own.

Biophilic

(3,650 posts)
6. Yes,but they were and are more then ready to explode the national debt to give tax breaks to the
Sun Sep 11, 2022, 08:41 PM
Sep 2022

Weather. Oh, never mind, I am beating my head about absurdities. I know who matters to them. Sigh.

Crowman2009

(2,495 posts)
7. I hope one of the Castro twins from San Antonio runs against this misreable SOB.
Sun Sep 11, 2022, 09:14 PM
Sep 2022

That smug prick shouldn't even be a dog catcher...in Cancun!

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