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lapucelle

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84. What promise are you talking about?

Mon Apr 25, 2022, 10:17 PM

Apr 2022

Here's the education policy page from Candidate Biden's campaign website.
https://joebiden.com/beyondhs/

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Since taking office, President Biden has cancelled $17,000,000,000 in student loan debt.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2022/04/23/biden-has-canceled-17-billion-of-student-loans/?sh=235e15f133ef

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/27/politics/biden-student-loan-debt-17-billion/index.html

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In April of 2020, Candidate Biden called on CONGRESS to cancel $10,000 of student loan debt.

Congress has moved to help with the CARES Act, but they must do more.[...]It will have to extend unemployment benefits, and provide further direct cash relief, and take care of the people left out of the CARES Act, through an immediate cancellation of a minimum of $10,000 of student debt per person, as proposed by Senator Warren.

medium.com/JoeBiden/joe-biden-outlines-new-steps-to-ease-economic-burden-on-working-people-e3e121037322

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Biden's position that CONGRESS should act to forgive $10,000 immediately was reiterated through his press secretary in February 2021.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki reiterated Biden's past support for $10,000 of student debt relief per borrower through legislation, but cast doubt on whether he would take executive action to do so if Congress doesn't send him a bill.

"Debt relief is of course an important priority for the president," Psaki said, adding that Biden extended a Trump-imposed pause on federally held student loan payments and interest accrual through September hours after his inauguration.

"[Biden] already took a step through an executive action on the first day and he would look to Congress to take the next steps," Psaki added.

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/537345-schumer-warren-introduce-bill-calling-on-biden-to-wipe-out-student-loan-debt

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Meanwhile, there are 9 student debt relief bills that have been introduced in the House this session, many without a single co-sponsor. No legislator has stepped up to write a Senate version of any one of these bills, or indeed one their own, including Senator Warren.

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Why did Senator Warren have to jump on the media bandwagon, proclaiming how bad Democrats are going [View all] JohnSJ Apr 2022 OP

This isn't helping. nt SunSeeker Apr 2022 #1

Exactly.. It most certainly is NOT. Cha Apr 2022 #58

Good question. Thanks for asking Budi Apr 2022 #2

How dare she give her honest opinion nt ripcord Apr 2022 #48

No one said that but you. Budi Apr 2022 #50

Well a lot of people seem upset that she did ripcord Apr 2022 #52

We have a midterm coming up that is the issue and no offense I don't think Sen. Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #54

I think she understands it just fine ripcord Apr 2022 #56

You don't think Senator Warren understands a midterm is coming up? BlackSkimmer Apr 2022 #102

Fundraising. betsuni Apr 2022 #105

because we need to get our heads out of the sand Tickle Apr 2022 #3

No. 'Its The Democrats fault'. Budi Apr 2022 #6

What's getting old is watching my party run aground while pollyannas Doremus Apr 2022 #37

Show us the M4A policy plan they've been selling for 6 years Budi Apr 2022 #51

Okay, so according to you it's okay to promise Doremus Apr 2022 #62

Bwaaaaahaaaaha.. took a few hrs to twist it into That?! Budi Apr 2022 #67

No, we're talking about M4A. Budi Apr 2022 #69

Biden promised to fix Obamacare iemanja Apr 2022 #81

I don't think the party does that iemanja Apr 2022 #71

If Billionaire paid whatever their "fair share" was... brooklynite Apr 2022 #83

You act like the voters are going to care who's fault it is ripcord Apr 2022 #49

So what's the plan to fix inflation? Besides yelling on TV Budi Apr 2022 #72

Inflation isn't a joke iemanja Apr 2022 #68

No one's pretending it's not. Budi Apr 2022 #70

You are iemanja Apr 2022 #73

We don't have our heads in the sand. With a 50-50 Senate, and two Democrats not particularly JohnSJ Apr 2022 #8

Nah. Was told right here it's temporary, transitory, a hoax, greedinflation, etc. Hoyt Apr 2022 #22

The majority is green inflation, but the message should have been. It was going to be worse than it uponit7771 Apr 2022 #28

Don't think it's majorly greed, but lots of folks claim it is. Hoyt Apr 2022 #46

It is, the claim comes from 70 yr high on corp profit *MARGINS*(link) uponit7771 Apr 2022 #65

Of course it is, the point of the OP is not to blame Democrats and to place blame where it belongs uponit7771 Apr 2022 #27

Ban price gouging, strengthen anti-trust laws, help the FTC enforce existing laws BeyondGeography Apr 2022 #4

How long do you think it will take to prove price gouging? If the past is any prediction of the JohnSJ Apr 2022 #9

Government can influence behavior just by acting BeyondGeography Apr 2022 #14

That has all been done before. It took months of hearings, and nothing was accomplished. They JohnSJ Apr 2022 #15

I've been gouged and so have you BeyondGeography Apr 2022 #18

Prove it. It isn't that simple JohnSJ Apr 2022 #20

Here is the proof BeyondGeography Apr 2022 #25

Record profits aren't proof of gouging BG. If it even gets that far with hearings and JohnSJ Apr 2022 #31

Getting back to why did Warren say what she said BeyondGeography Apr 2022 #35

I think she is stating the obvious, in regard to what the problem is. I think the administration JohnSJ Apr 2022 #38

Fix the supply chain. There is your answer. Igirl Apr 2022 #86

Or start writing some bills to address the matter. Budi Apr 2022 #16

In six months before the midterms? Not only do we have the public insurrection hearings in May, but JohnSJ Apr 2022 #32

Right. So why'd they all wait till there was no time left to do something ? Budi Apr 2022 #39

Does it matter, the performative aspects of it would mean more than twiddling thumbs? uponit7771 Apr 2022 #29

Because Dems aren't above reproach, they can improve, and there's still time to fix it. Doremus Apr 2022 #5

A pen stroke will not 'fix' student loans. Budi Apr 2022 #12

I'd rather ask who allowed it to be a centerpoint of his Doremus Apr 2022 #19

No you ask them next time it shows up on your feed. Budi Apr 2022 #40

Sure thing. Doremus Apr 2022 #42

They are not being truthful. And they know it. Budi Apr 2022 #45

What? Nothing here in this long list of accomplishments worth noting to the Media? Budi Apr 2022 #47

Excellent post, Budi. sheshe2 Apr 2022 #60

Jon Cooper's list of PJB's Accomplishments.. so Far! Cha Apr 2022 #61

The question remains Doremus Apr 2022 #63

What promise are you talking about? lapucelle Apr 2022 #84

And they ignore this iemanja Apr 2022 #90

Thank you. Budi Apr 2022 #119

+++ JohnSJ Apr 2022 #116

He didn't promise to cancel all student loans iemanja Apr 2022 #78

Candidate Biden actually said Congress should act immediately to cancel $10,000 of all student loans lapucelle Apr 2022 #85

which is not at all what his detractors claim iemanja Apr 2022 #89

H.R.4797 - the Student Loan Relief Act would forgive up to $50,000 in federal student loans lapucelle Apr 2022 #94

+1 betsuni Apr 2022 #96

I bet if Biden picked up the phone and called *ANY* Democratic House or Senate Member fescuerescue Apr 2022 #107

Biden's phone calls to Democrats are detailed in Woodward and Costa's "Peril." betsuni Apr 2022 #115

Members of Congress (at least in the House) should know about the bill. lapucelle Apr 2022 #122

Influence is the most important power he has fescuerescue Apr 2022 #128

Why on Earth would no one cossponsor it? fescuerescue Apr 2022 #106

Well apparantly its more useful to some Congress people to use it as a campaign wedge than to... Budi Apr 2022 #117

+1 betsuni Apr 2022 #124

Dems talking down chances Pantagruel Apr 2022 #7

An interesting speculation. JohnSJ Apr 2022 #11

Actually, she said Dems must take action on inflation to win in November. Kid Berwyn Apr 2022 #10

Are Manchin and Sinema really going to join in on that? and just how are you going to prove price JohnSJ Apr 2022 #13

Considering the enormous power she has as a Senior Senator, Budi Apr 2022 #24

+1, on this account she is 100% correct Even if some of it is performative uponit7771 Apr 2022 #30

Why doesn't she say republicans treestar Apr 2022 #112

Following four years of lies, denials, and Dem-blaming, the Dems seem determined to be the allegorical oracle Apr 2022 #17

Post removed Post removed Apr 2022 #21

I'm glad she called Meadows a 'Liar and a traitor'. spanone Apr 2022 #23

No one should have an issue with that, unfortunately, that seems to have now taken a back seat, and JohnSJ Apr 2022 #26

Others have said as much. Budi Apr 2022 #34

There are things the Dems can do despite GOP and Manchin/Sinema obstruction Fiendish Thingy Apr 2022 #33

HE Cannot issue an Ex order cancelling all fed student debt. Budi Apr 2022 #36

Biden ABSOLUTELY has the authority to cancel student debt, via regulatory changes Fiendish Thingy Apr 2022 #43

No he can not just wave his pen and its gone. Budi Apr 2022 #44

It will go to court and we will lose. Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #55

The President should sign an executive order forgiving all student loans in October ripcord Apr 2022 #57

I am not sure I even believe all student debt should be paid off. I don't Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #59

Why should he? iemanja Apr 2022 #79

So Warren, Sanders and AOC are liars? Fiendish Thingy Apr 2022 #76

Perhaps Warren, Sanders and AOC aren't experts in the subject area? brooklynite Apr 2022 #109

Warren is an expert for sure. Fiendish Thingy Apr 2022 #127

That certainly won't help inflation iemanja Apr 2022 #74

It will put more money in millions of people's pockets, which eases the impact of inflation Fiendish Thingy Apr 2022 #77

So nothing for the people who paid off their loans? Budi Apr 2022 #80

That's a Republican talking point, and is likely the reason Biden is hesitant to move on it Fiendish Thingy Apr 2022 #92

No its not a Republican talking point. It is a consideration because we've been told to buy into Budi Apr 2022 #93

Education is a human right AntivaxHunters Apr 2022 #101

This is not Democrats fault. betsuni Apr 2022 #103

And all of this is Biden's faullt? Budi Apr 2022 #114

None of this is possible and this nonsense will cost us the midterm. It is Sen. Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #53

It's all possible. Nt Fiendish Thingy Apr 2022 #75

Post removed Post removed Apr 2022 #41

Because she is a Democratic Senater and IMO that's part of her job. She's extremly smart and has a Autumn Apr 2022 #64

Senator Warren forgot to mention S.3802 - Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act during her TV appearances lapucelle Apr 2022 #95

+1 betsuni Apr 2022 #97

Perhaps the next time Senator Warren is all over the TV on the Sunday shows lapucelle Apr 2022 #99

Yes, "I've got a plan for that." She's got the bully pulpit. Use it, see if it works. betsuni Apr 2022 #100

Maybe she thinks eventual excise taxes on barrels of oil given to the tax payer on their tax Autumn Apr 2022 #104

Her job is to help republicans treestar Apr 2022 #111

If you want to call a Dem suggesting that Dems do something to help out Autumn Apr 2022 #113

Republicans won't help treestar Apr 2022 #129

K&R betsuni Apr 2022 #66

Better to ignore the reality so political activists feel better? brooklynite Apr 2022 #82

Voters don't care what/who is causing it. LudwigPastorius Apr 2022 #87

+1 leftstreet Apr 2022 #91

Because we're going to be decimated otherwise budkin Apr 2022 #88

"Forewarned is forearmed" 🤔 nt Raine Apr 2022 #98

Perhaps because they'll do badly in the midterms if they don't get a handle on inflation? brooklynite Apr 2022 #108

I don't understand why any democrats do this treestar Apr 2022 #110

In my view, the problem is with only 6 months until the midterms, this could possibly demoralize JohnSJ Apr 2022 #118

And THAT is the point. Budi Apr 2022 #120

Yes. Some arguing to inform us that inflation is a problem and what we are up against, as though we JohnSJ Apr 2022 #121

Yup. Can't imagine HOW inflation got so out of control! Budi Apr 2022 #123

LOL JohnSJ Apr 2022 #125

Its an election year. Budi Apr 2022 #126