U.S. President Joe Biden plans to announce on Wednesday that his administration has approved an additional $9 billion in student debt relief for 125,000 borrowers, the White House said.

Biden has said he will pursue new measures to provide student loan relief to Americans after the Supreme Court blocked his plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in debt.

The president's announcement, planned for 1 p.m. EDT at the White House, will bring the total approved debt cancellation by the Biden administration to $127 billion for nearly 3.6 million Americans, the White House said.

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[–] 142 points 2 years ago (27 children)

In 2020 I voted against Trump, in 2024 I'm voting for Biden.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (36 children)

    Is there someone better running for a change?

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  • [–] 63 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    How about just anyone under the age of 60

    Between 40 and 50 would be ideal.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I actually think 50-60 would be ideal. Obama, in his mid-40s, was a relative political newcomer in 2008 (compared to other candidates, at least, not like Trump-style) and he made many missteps as a result. The ACA, for example, could have been far more broad. They didn’t need massive moderate support.

    Of course, some people enter politics pretty young. By the time Maxwell Frost hits 45, for example, he might have 20 years in federal politics. It’s rare that we find people with so much experience at that age though.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    The ACA, for example, could have been far more broad. They didn’t need massive moderate support.

    The ACA passed by one vote after they stripped it down to make it more appealing.

    On December 23, the Senate voted 60–39 to end debate on the bill: a cloture vote to end the filibuster.[182] The bill then passed, also 60–39, on December 24, 2009, with all Democrats and two independents voting for it, and all Republicans against (except Jim Bunning, who did not vote).[

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    [–] 63 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    $9 billion for 125k borrowers is $72000 per borrower

    Would be nice if they would vanish the 40k in loans I have that I've been paying on since the Obama years. I've paid in far beyond the total amount I ever borrowed, while the compound interest just added it all back over the years. Progress has been very slow for me to pay that off, started payments with about 50k loans, after being ballooned up from the original principal from several years of economic hardship forbearance where the interest still gets capitalized.

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  • [–] 57 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Just cap the interest rate, my man. That would solve the entire problem.

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  • [–] 68 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Just cap the interest rate

    at zero. If the loan is risk free it shouldn't be profitable, to do anything else is to funnel public money into the banks.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    At 0% interest, no bank would offer loans, because it would literally just be them losing money managing loans they make nothing from.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago*

    Biden had a really good plan. Zero interest as long as you pay at least something, and the payment being as low as $1 with a sliding scale based on income.

    It's more fair than just forgiveness to people without loans since the debt isn't eliminated. I'm personally fine with eliminating the debt to have a more educated society, but a lot of people aren't, and that's a good middle ground.

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  • [–] 47 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    According to a White House fact sheet, the new measures include:

    • $5.2 billion in additional debt relief for 53,000 borrowers under Public Service Loan Forgiveness programs
    • nearly $2.8 billion in new debt relief for nearly 51,000 borrowers through fixes to "income-driven repayment," which the White House says are borrowers who made 20 years or more of payments "but never got the relief they were entitled to."
    • And $1.2 billion for nearly 22,000 borrowers who have a disability who have been identified and approved for discharge through a data match with the Social Security Administration.
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    [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Finally a bailout that is for the people! You da man Biden!! Yeeyee!!

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    [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    What a monster lol

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