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Unfortunately student loans are one of the few types of loans you cannot default on or get relief through bankruptcy. From what I understand, anyway.
You can thank Biden for that one.
Uh. Pretty sure that student loan legislation far predates Biden's presidency. Unless you're referring to his time as senator and have a particular bill in mind?
Yes he is the one that wrote the bill that makes it so you can't discharge student loan debt during bankruptcy. He is directly responsible for that.
Tired of being downvoted for stating facts. We should be able to hold him responsible for bad legislation that he as not even try to correct.
You mean he amended the bill that was going to be passed by the Republicans anyway after being successfully shelved by the Democrats for six years.
I’m sorry you’re tired of being downvoted for misrepresenting and distorting facts, but maybe you should get your facts straight and it wouldn’t happen anymore.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/02/joe-biden-student-loan-debt-2005-act-2020
Okay, Joe Biden voted for that bill in 05, gotcha. Seems like the vote was "I promise to vote for this R bill that is likely to pass anyway, so long as they include my amendments to soften it," although Elizabeth Warren seems to think even that was capitulating too much to the Rs.
Like a lot of other policies, current Biden seems to be working to undo some of his past voting record. Not a bad trend, at least.
Lol, if only you had any idea how ignorant that take really is
How ignorant you are to not know about it.