“This brings the total debt cancellation my administration has approved to $132 billion for over 3.6 million Americans through various actions,” Biden said in a statement.
Stop complaining about how old he is and look at his actions.
Or maybe vote for Trump so we can have Walmart Hitler. SMH.
I’m still gonna complain about how old he is. But I’m also not voting for Trump
Great, I also complain about not having a better representative for the Democrats.
But I’m still going to vote for Biden
And voting for Biden, right?
His age is irrelevant. He’s been doing a great job. He’s always talked slowly be cause his speach impediment, BTW.
Or maybe vote for Trump so we can have Walmart Hitler. SMH.
“But sleepy Joe didn’t make my life better, so I’m going to make everyone else’s life (and mine) worse!”
Those are in fact the only two options that can exist so analysis should only consider those two people
Biden has been doing a lot of good work. I wasn’t a fan when he ordered the rail workers back to work but since then be has increased the cost of carbon in negotiations, canceled the debt he was able to without the Senate and proposed relaxing drug restrictions on cannabis.
He isn’t perfect but it’s more good news than I got through 2016-2020 and he’s doing it while getting stonewalled on every decision by a Republican controlled Congress.
Also he kept fighting for the rail workers and got them sick time, just off camera.
Honestly I think that pisses the Privs off more because it objectively proved that there’s options to get what’s needed done aside from setting everything on fire and starting over
The rail workers got less than they wanted, and their goals were very reasonable
Could it be better? Yes.
Could it be worse? EASILY AND THANK GOD IT ISN’T
I’m not Biden’s biggest fan, but the US has a shit political game that must be played for any meaningful progress to us, the citizens.
Ok now compare Bidens performance to a better democratic candidate instead of trump
I want to see this better democratic candidate running for president first.
“no one in the world can do what Biden can do”
-Very smart people
"id like to see them but I won’t google it
-also very smart people
Biden is objectively worse than a hypothetical better democratic candidate.
hypothetical
Real one’s too
Hypothetically speaking, yes, of course! Real candidates that are better than Biden are ALSO better than Biden! We should actualize one or a few!
Realistically speaking real and better candidates are real and better
What part of confusing to you
Confusing to me? I’m not the one who made the impossibly vague claim. For that, you must seek answers within.
Unfortunately these were debts that already had the potential to be cancelled due to existing rules. Turns out, just nobody has been following the rules and actually cancelling those debts for all these decades.
“unfortunately”?
i.e. They can’t really be contributed to Biden “cancelling debt”. They should have been cancelled anyways. Read: Unfortunately for Biden
It kinda sounds like they wouldn’t have been canceled if he hadn’t made the effort. That’s no difference from any other debt forgiveness that’s within his power.
This is actually a remnant of his larger plan for cancelling student debt being blocked. So if it should have been done anyhow, we’re now…celebrating presidents for… doing their jobs?
Bro the mental gymnastics here are astounding.
Just take the W.
I think the idea here is this.
The Executive Branch has checks and balances over both of the other two branches of government. Part of that is discretion.
The Executive is not, at all times, bound to the direction provided by Congress (see: lack of enforcement of Marijuana laws). This frustrates many when the wrong decisions are being made. And we love it when the right ones are.
So someone had stopped performing debt relief as instructed by Congress. Discretion, good or bad. Then Biden directs that the instructions be followed.
He kind of didn’t have to do that. I’m glad he did and I think it’s the basics of doing his job… But he could have just not done it and reminded entities that running a campaign is expensive or that he’ll be retiring at some point.
Attributed?
Great, now do the rest.
Since no one wants to mention it, there’s still a genocide happening.
Human Rights Watch said the US risked “complicity in war crimes” by continuing to provide Israel with weapons and diplomatic cover as it commits “atrocities, including collectively punishing the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza”. Medecins Sans Frontiers said the security council’s inaction made it “complicit in the ongoing slaughter”.
The literal definition of not related to the topic and also not most peoples problem or responsibility.
But hey, thanks for showing everyone that instead of doing anything to actually support the cause, maybe by going in person to help, you choose to bitch online at completely unrelated topics and people.
Smart.
Wait, how do I deflect from an actual genocide? I know, I’ll attack the person making others aware of it.
Smart.
Biden administration spends 4.8 billion buying votes.
Then you should be voting for him, you backwards thinking dipshit 😂
Most of us don’t understand the political system in the US, it’s so outdated it’s incredible.
But I had it explained to me quite simply - "Remember, most people there are terrible drivers, and all they know is D = forward and R = backwards
Applies to your politics too lol
“Anything good is always posturing.” What a cynical, bat-shit crazy way of looking at anything.
Not to mention he has been going after student debt far before the scope of elections.
If that’s the only way we can actually improve people’s lives I’m all on board choochoo mother fuckers
A college educated person can earn more than a million dollars more over their career than a high school educated person. Biden is bailing out the rich and the Dems love it.
Are you saying that because a person could earn more than a million dollars more over their career than a high school educated person that they’re rich? Or are you saying that a person who is college educated is already rich to start with?
Either way is confusing, so I’m hoping you’ll clarify. Seems a lot like you’re implying that a possibility is the same as having a million dollars in your bank account? Like just because I have lotto ticket I’m a millionaire even though the numbers haven’t been drawn yet.
I’m saying it’s statistically proven that a college educated person has a much higher earning potential than a person without higher education.
I’m not implying wealth before college at all. Therefore, if you support a government bail out of those people, you support the government bailing out the wealthy.
I’m trying to understand what you’re saying. Are you arguing equality vs equity? For example that any handouts or bailouts regardless of economic situations or conditions is the same?
How are you defining wealthy/rich vs poor? Would it be fair to say that that at a certain point an item costing $5 is more affordable for someone who makes 100k vs 30k? Generally / statistically speaking.
That would be a fair statement, and also makes a perfect example of why a college educated person, that makes more than a high school educated person, should be able to pay the money they owe.
my wife and i earn a million dollars roughly every 6 years. After tax, rent and bills (we have no particularly lavish outgoings – non essentially include netflix, Spotify, sirius xm in our cars, we get a slightly more expensive cat litter than the cheapest… ), i.e. “net” earnings we earn a million dollars over 38 years. We have about that long left until retirement. So I think you’re vastly underestimating how much it costs to live and work in a city.
Rich is an interesting way to put it. Bailing out the rich are tax cuts aimed overwhelmingly at the rich, not taxing capital gains and other ways the rich try to hide their true income and not auditing the rich because it is too much effort.
…and should also include forgiving debt of those that have potential to be higher earners. Student loans were readily accepted and it was fully understood that you would have to pay the money back. Just do that.
"The cancellations have come through existing federal student loan forgiveness programs, which are limited to specific categories of borrowers, such as public-sector workers, people defrauded by for-profit colleges and borrowers who have paid for at least 20 years. " -CNN
These are not rich people.
These forgiveness programs weren’t even created by Biden.
You’re intentionally spreading false information.
I am not spreading false information, you just don’t like the truth. These people are the next burden on the working class that actually pay their bills. Pathetic.
So you think people who were defrauded or are working public service jobs like teachers are rich people and not working class?
Also, who exactly was defrauded?
Students who attended colleges or universities that lost their accreditation and were shut down, making those degrees they handed out worthless and literally illegitimate. Those people, who had loans for degrees they couldn’t use from defunct colleges were defrauded.
I think they make enough to pay their bills, sure. Teachers even have the summers off for side work. And to be honest, if they don’t understand how loans work should they be teaching our kids?
You have the time to discuss news online at ~7:30am Eastern and the necessary computing tech (phone, laptop) to do so. It certainly sounds like you’re better off than a lot of people – are you also part of the rich? After all, you aren’t doing manual labor nonstop from early in the morning for minimum wage.
I sure have. Started working 16 hours days in the summer months on the local farms custom baling hay and straw when I was 13. I have had many jobs since then, always bettering myself. I’m not rich, but I’m doing ok. I pay my taxes. I’m the callused hands of the working class that actually pays their bills and lives within their means. You?
I don’t like engaging in negativity on lemmy, but you’re an idiot. People with student loan debt aren’t rich.
Statistics tell a different story. You refuse math, and think I’m an idiot. Enjoy your bullshit degree.
You don’t seem to be aware of what ‘statistics’ are as you unsurprisingly haven’t provided any in traditional ignorant-loudmouth fashion.
As if I need to. You are clearly a fucking idiot likely in debt over their head because you lack any common sense or self control. Enjoy your miserable existence.
Nothing like waiting until just before an election to actually make positive change smh
Are you aware this was not the first action of this type? Maybe read beyond the headline.
They can’t, it’s paywalled
Well, the $4.8 billion from the headline is in conflict with
“This brings the total debt cancellation my administration has approved to $132 billion for over 3.6 million Americans through various actions,” Biden said in a statement.
That could be a clue it’s not been the first and only action of its kind.
Or did I miss the sarcasm in your reply? 😅Reuters is not paywalled lol
The article is 2 paragraphs long.
You are correct. Let me rephrase. Registerwalled
I am not registered with Reuters. I can read every Reuters article.
They are an independent news distributor, from whom major news networks pull reporting consistently.
Reuters is one of the best sites in the world if you just want facts as they exist
I’m not posting the screen shot, it sends me to a pop-up that reads, register for free to continue reading reuters.
Nothing I’ve said has refuted Reuters as a reputable news source, it’s quite well known that it is.
I’m still not registering with a website to read its content occasionally.
What country are you in? Perhaps it’s related to locality?
Just before? Did it become October 2024 when I wasn’t looking?
Right?
This is “just before an election” like Obama’s Garland nomination.
Which reminds me: when is Mitch McConnell going to finally die?
