Poll: Plurality of Americans say they support Biden's student loan forgiveness plan

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A plurality of Americans support President Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness plan, with a majority backing a plan to back more forgiveness for lower income borrowers, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll.

Nearly half of respondents — 48% — said they backed the White House plan to forgive up to $10,000 in federal student loan debt for Americans making under $125,000 or households making under $250,000, versus 34% who oppose the plan. Responses regarding the plan to forgive up to $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients, most of whom come from low-income families, was 51% support versus 30% opposed.

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Support for the White House’s plan varied among age groups. Respondents ages 65 and over opposed the plan by a 43% to 47% margin. However, a majority of those ages 18-29 (53% support) and 30-44 (52%) backed the plan.

The plan also won the support of 68% of Black Americans, 50% of Hispanics and 70% of those who currently have student loan debt. Among independents, 44% support the plan while 39% are opposed.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/poll-plurality-of-americans-say-they-support-bidens-student-loan-forgiveness-plan-172801809.html

[Indykatie]

1. Only 70% of Folks With SLD Support Biden's Plan to Reduce That Debt? Too Ridiculous!!

[jimfields33]

2. More would have approved of this if they fixed the root problem

College costs. At least they should have capped how much colleges could raise tuition and fee to 1 percent for the next 10 years. Sorry Cornell is not worth 63,000 a year. Add room and board and your looking at real money.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. As An Example...

...the school I went to was $3,200 a year, tuition, room & board. (I was a commuter, and only paid around half of $2,600.)
It's now $48k.
Over 46 years, that 6.2% per yea4. Inflation over that time averaged 3.13%.

[jimfields33]

4. Yep. Disgusting.

I’m really sorry congress didn’t put in limits on raising tuition. Colleges have been fat and happy for far too long