MicroWaveOct 4, 2023

Biden to announce $9 billion more in student debt relief

https://lemmy.world/post/6280283

Biden to announce $9 billion more in student debt relief - Lemmy.world

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.

Show threadGlowstickOct 4, 2023
In 2020 I voted against Trump, in 2024 I’m voting for Biden.
Show threadnocturne213Oct 4, 2023
Is there someone better running for a change?
Show threadmuntedcrocodileOct 4, 2023
We need Bernard Sanders.
Show threadgoldenlocksOct 4, 2023
We can do better. Dr. Cornel West gets my vote.
Show threadTropicalDingdongOct 4, 2023

You aren’t actually serious right?

Cornell has bumbled his micro campaign into irrelevance within weeks of it starting. He’s shown no political savvy. He has run for and won no prior office. He’d be a disaster.

Fetterman, or literally any progressive who has won a federal election is a better option.

Show threadNotBillMurrayOct 4, 2023
Dude, if Fetterman ran I’d vote for him in an instant. Doubly so if he took the oath of office in shorts and a hoodie
Show threadphillaholic
You shouldn’t, He just entered federal Politics. He needs experience and more importantly he needs to be stabilize his Health before he would even dream of going to the next level.
Oct 4, 2023 at 7:46pmWeb
Show threadTropicalDingdongOct 5, 2023

He just won his election against a TV host bullshit artist.

He’s playing the game excellently. He’d be a great candidate.

Show threadphillaholicOct 5, 2023
He just needs more experience. He didn’t debate well either. Oz was just such a dumb candidate.
Show threadTropicalDingdongOct 5, 2023

Agree to disagree. I think he’d do fine. He’ll debate better than Biden. He’s got a record of victory against big names.

Thats plenty. We could have elected a boot in 2020 to oust Trump. We basically elected weekend at bernies Biden. But its fine. Whatever it takes.

And honestly, I’d be shocked if there are even debates. If Trump doesn’t’ show up for primary debates, he doesn’t deserve the privileged and airtime that general debates would offer.

Show threadphillaholicOct 5, 2023

That’s reasonable. I’m not saying I wouldn’t vote for him. I prefer politicians that know how to play the game and will be strategic over giving idealistic speeches that sound great but never go anywhere.

Personally I don’t care about Biden’s age. He’s perfectly fine. If not Harris is there for a reason. We are moving forward. Fetterman has the same mindset actually: businessinsider.com/john-fetterman-never-understa…

Fetterman: I'll never understand progressives who won't support Biden

The Pennsylvania Democrat recalled his time serving as a Hillary Clinton surrogate in 2016, even after he supported Bernie Sanders in the primary.

Insider
Show threadTropicalDingdongOct 5, 2023

It’s pretty clear to me the way the DNC has been buying airtime for Newsom that Biden won’t actually be on the ticket in 2024. They’re pulling a bait and switch and we’re in the bait phase.

I’m promoting Fetterman because I want a real progressive option instead of a force fed Newsom. And as far as playing the game, it is a game of idealistic speeches and sound bytes. It doesn’t matter how Machiavellian you are if you can’t win Iowa, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania. Fetterman can deliver those states.

I’m all for staying with Biden for the moment. But the second he starts to waiver, in dropping what I’m doing and joining the Fetterman campaign. Newsom will lose if he runs against Trump.

Show threadphillaholicOct 5, 2023
I don’t see Biden stepping aside, but I also don’t see more people voting for Trump in 2024 than they did in 2020 with all these court cases. Regardless we will have primaries next spring to figure it out.
Show threadTropicalDingdongOct 5, 2023

Regardless we will have primaries next spring to figure it out.

I hope you are correct on all fronts.