President Biden: The NEW one and only politics thread

He's done enough damage on the education front already.

Gov. Ron DeSantis ranted about Biden's potential plan to forgive student debt for degrees such as gender and 'zombie studies'

 

"My view is: Why would you make a truck driver, or a waitress, or a construction worker pay off the debt for somebody that got a PhD in gender studies? That's wrong."

That line is a winning issue for the GOP.

Almost a third of all student debt is owed by the wealthiest 20% of households and only 8% is owed by the bottom 20%, according to a study released in January by the Brookings Institution.

The proposal needs to be means-tested.

 

That’s funny, because all I hear about from the GQP is that lower-income people don’t pay taxes.

 

Vile, techbro fascism

 

did you mean to get a phd in gender studies yes then you do not pass the test

 

Yeah, the Dems should stick to intermictin just like the GQC.

 

So biased

Fox News nixed a documentary on how Trump lost the 2020 election, book says

 

Construction workers and truck drivers aren’t that low income.

Most of them just don’t necessarily have a lot of debt.

 

If this thread is any indication, that ain't all you hear about from the party of Lincoln.

 

The means-testing part is ok by me.
Of course, the Trumpist klan can’t discuss anything without resorting to attacks on things they find threatening. Like knowledge. But most long-term government financial assistance is based on determination of need level. So that seems reasonable for debt forgiveness.

 

There's this other thing "long-term government financial assistance" tends to be based on, as well. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I don't think "at the stroke of a pen" is it.