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Elessar Zappa

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12. It's a start though.

Reply to chuluma (Original post)

Tue Aug 23, 2022, 09:33 PM

Aug 2022

Perhaps more relief will come if we keep the House and increase our numbers in the Senate.

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NAACP president bashes Biden's reported plans on student debt relief [View all] chuluma Aug 2022 OP

'reported plans' 'If the rumors are true,' elleng Aug 2022 #1

I would not turn down 10K in relief just because the NAACP doesnt like nt nt msongs Aug 2022 #2

The NAACP didn't encourage anyone to turn the down the $10,000 down chuluma Aug 2022 #4

I said I wouldnt turn it down. didnt say the ncaa said turn it down. pretty clear thru the official msongs Aug 2022 #8

No good deed goes unpunished. texasfiddler Aug 2022 #3

showboating on speculation azureblue Aug 2022 #34

Legislation needs to be passed for the kind of relief wanted. NYC Liberal Aug 2022 #5

Why is $10k legal by EO, but higher amounts aren't? MichMan Aug 2022 #7

I've wondered the same 867-5309. Aug 2022 #41

Never $15k or $25k, but always a choice between either $10 k or $50k. MichMan Aug 2022 #42

Thank You for Explaining that! Some Cha Aug 2022 #51

The $10,000 figure is a help, but I, too, wish it were more. 70sEraVet Aug 2022 #6

Me too mvd Aug 2022 #40

Damned if you do.... SergeStorms Aug 2022 #9

By that logic, nobody would get help, ever chuluma Aug 2022 #10

Did you misunderstand what SergeStorms said? KS Toronado Aug 2022 #18

Ahem ... You maybe haven't noticed stopdiggin Aug 2022 #23

I never said anything of the sort. SergeStorms Aug 2022 #26

+++ JohnSJ Aug 2022 #21

+1 betsuni Aug 2022 #54

Which noted "lawmakers" were kacekwl Aug 2022 #11

It's a start though. Elessar Zappa Aug 2022 #12

That's what I'm thinking. KS Toronado Aug 2022 #20

Well, boo hoo. I'm black, and I disagree. I'm sitting here with a broken down ac unit, which... Tarheel_Dem Aug 2022 #13

Thank you elleng Aug 2022 #14

well, if your 'progressive' - you must take stopdiggin Aug 2022 #24

Ya know, there comes a time when activism ceases to be about education, and more about... Tarheel_Dem Aug 2022 #48

I'm glad there might be some student debt relief. BUT what about those you did the right thing...... usaf-vet Aug 2022 #15

Let the schools charge whatever they want and take out as much in loans as they allow MichMan Aug 2022 #29

This black woman, my husband and all of our family and friends have repaid student childfreebychoice Aug 2022 #16

The next generation is responsible to pay the forgiven loans off since it is being added to the debt MichMan Aug 2022 #30

67 percent of registered Black voters strongly support eliminating student loan debt chuluma Aug 2022 #32

I worked 2 and 3 jobs when I was a sing,e mom, to put my daughter through college. Nobody Ziggysmom Aug 2022 #17

As an E-1 Army recruit, you sign up for a four year... Mawspam2 Aug 2022 #19

It sure was easier 20 years ago. mdelaguna Aug 2022 #22

it was easier 20 years ago stopdiggin Aug 2022 #25

Predatory loans should be 100% illegal, period obamanut2012 Aug 2022 #27

That would be a blessing Delphinus Aug 2022 #28

The government has run them for the last dozen years; Congress sets the interest rates MichMan Aug 2022 #33

No action at all on why college costs so much in the first place MichMan Aug 2022 #31

Before Reagan, state & federal funding helped reduce costs duhneece Aug 2022 #43

Reagan has been out of office for over 30 years MichMan Aug 2022 #45

But his policies remain. duhneece Aug 2022 #47

States aren't funding colleges HighFired49 Aug 2022 #49

Too true duhneece Aug 2022 #52

Keep in mind that this is a Nina Turner talking about Tarc Aug 2022 #35

I don't get your Nina Turner reference chuluma Aug 2022 #37

Biden is frequently by faux-liberals from the extreme left Tarc Aug 2022 #53

in these politically llashram Aug 2022 #36

From January: NAACP requests meeting with Biden chuluma Aug 2022 #38

well llashram Aug 2022 #39

You said a meeting chuluma Aug 2022 #44

Some can't take yes for an answer Novara Aug 2022 #46

"The senate's failure to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act failed to save Black lives." honest.abe Aug 2022 #50