NecoArcKbinAccount@kbin.social to News@kbin.social · 1 year agoJoe Biden lays out new student debt relief plan after supreme court rulingwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkJoe Biden lays out new student debt relief plan after supreme court rulingwww.theguardian.comNecoArcKbinAccount@kbin.social to News@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
President says ‘the court misinterpreted the constitution’ as he announces intention to use another law for debt forgiveness
minus-squareMidnitte@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoSounds like a novel legal idea, the problem is the Supreme Court would find some rationale for their foregone conclusions… Edit: I wonder if he could just make the mandatory payment $0…
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoEven if they could just make payments $0 the next president could change it. For this to work the actual amount owed needs to be reduced somehow or its just kicking the can down the road.
minus-squareMidnitte@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoTo be fair, I don’t imagine that would be politically conducive to being reelected.
Sounds like a novel legal idea, the problem is the Supreme Court would find some rationale for their foregone conclusions…
Edit: I wonder if he could just make the mandatory payment $0…
Even if they could just make payments $0 the next president could change it. For this to work the actual amount owed needs to be reduced somehow or its just kicking the can down the road.
To be fair, I don’t imagine that would be politically conducive to being reelected.