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[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 70 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

You obviously haven't been paying any attention.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 54 points 2 weeks ago

Nah, they're just proving their own point. They have goldfish memory and can't remember far enough back to recall the prior loan forgiveness efforts.

[–] SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You’d be amazed how many people consider student loan forgiveness still a “failed campaign promise.“

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 33 points 2 weeks ago

Almost as if there’s a coordinated effort up to and including this headline

[–] Pissnpink@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago

I remember getting a letter in the mail that said I would get 10 thousand Biden bucks applied toward my federal student loans. Never got it. I understand it was bad faith conservative groups that sued to stop it from happening, but for me, it is a failed promise. I have the paperwork.

[–] CaliforniaSober@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 weeks ago

Demonstrating a goldfish memory by acting like one… “behold how ignorant I am!”

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

After the court slap down, he was only able to help about 1/5th to 1/6th of the original audience.

That’s a lot of people who could stand to be reminded about what the GOP has blocked and what Harris would continue to push for.

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yep. That's the point I was making. You do something like this right up to the election so you can push out last-minute ads to remind the public what the democrats have done and what was taken away by the Republicans.

[–] K1nsey6@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It was slapped down by the court because he was trying to use emergency powers act that did not give him the authority to forgive student debt. And in his opinion, Justice Roberts specified exactly how to go about forgiving student debt. Something that Biden has still yet to do.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Justice Roberts specified exactly how to go about forgiving student debt. Something that Biden has still yet to do.

The court did NOT give Biden a way to enact loan forgiveness through executive action alone.

The court said congress must pass a law. And there is too much opposition to loan forgiveness in congress. Even if the proposed legislation finally got through the senate, the GOP house would block it.