An explanation of why Biden is holding firm on only cancelling 10,000
Link to tweet
Student loan relief is not part of the stimulus bill, but it has been a top concern for progressives. The poll finds fairly widespread backing for canceling $10,000 in college debt for anyone with an outstanding federal loan – 61% support and 37% oppose. However, increasing the amount of debt cancellation to $50,000 per borrower drops public support to 45% and increases opposition to 53%.
https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/MonmouthPoll_US_030321/
The positive polling of canceling 10,000 has to be a strong motivated and it allow him to continue to use the framing that it's popular with the majority of Americans.
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Not 'cancelling'.
Not sure who decided on this framing or if it's just that of these particular pollsters, but no Democrat should call it
'cancellation' of the debt.
Granted, I mostly heard those from Bernie's folks, but ... all Democrats get painted with this brush whenever a prominent Democrat uses terrible name like these.
Republicans long ago figured out that the best names are the ones where, if you ask someone if they're for or against it, they're going to feel obliged to say that they're for it, because the name sounds like something everyone should want.
Our side needs to recognize the utility, and then deploy, this VERY simple strategy, like yesterday.
It's not 'Free College', it's the 'Education Freedom Act' or 'Freedom of Education Act'.
It's not 'Medicare for All', it's 'Medicare Early Buy-In' or 'Medicare Choice Act'
Then again, my personal favorite is THE PUBLIC OPTION, but somehow the RePuQs have fairly successfully made this term anathema.
So maybe my choices aren't the best either 
But I know a crap name when I see one.
Credit where it's due, though ... Affordable Care Act ... now THAT was a pretty good one.
