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.

      • @[email protected]M
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        49 months ago

        People who say this are so fuckin bougie. Poor people can’t afford to throw away their votes, but middle class people fuck over the poor by doing so all the time.

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          -19 months ago

          Poor people don’t really vote in the first place. And when they do they vote for rich people like those in the Democratic or Republican party.

          • @[email protected]M
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            -19 months ago

            Good way to agree that you’re an entitled dude lol. I know people who vote because their life depends on the GOP not further dismantling the welfare state

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              19 months ago

              Yet they continue to fail to defend it. They would be forced to if there was a strong left party using their leverage against the Dems.

              • @[email protected]M
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                -19 months ago

                lol you’re so divorced from reality, it’s kinda sad. Rich people without empathy sicken me

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                  19 months ago

                  LMAO if I was rich I wouldn’t be involved in third party politics trying to force concession from the major two parties to alleviate poverty. Dems never gave a single fuck about poverty, and wealth inequality keeps getting worse when they’re in office.

                  • @[email protected]M
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                    09 months ago

                    Rich enough to be divorced from the reality of poverty and not understand the existential threat of the GOP. My god, people just straight up die in states without the Obamacare expansion.

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            19 months ago

            Oh wow, an insult from Lenny’s biggest troll. All done making excuses for climate change, I guess?

            • @[email protected]
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              09 months ago

              I didn’t insult you, I gave you etiquette pointers. calling me a troll doesn’t change whether you’re being condescending.

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                19 months ago

                Condescending pointers from Lemmy’s biggest troll.

                Sorry. Is that better? Enjoy ruining the planet

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                09 months ago

                Bud, it’s been less than 24 hours since you blew up the thread with climate change aplogism for the industry that contributes more to climate change than any other on the planet lol