Summary

Representative Glenn Grothman plans to introduce the “Protecting Taxpayers from Student Loan Bailouts Act,” aimed at blocking future large-scale student loan forgiveness by limiting regulations costing taxpayers over $100 million annually.

This follows a Supreme Court ruling in 2024 that struck down President Biden’s $430 billion loan forgiveness plan.

Republicans criticize forgiveness as inflationary and unfair, while Biden’s administration has canceled $180 billion in debt over four years.

With GOP control of Congress, future forgiveness efforts face significant challenges.

  • rockSlayer@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Fine, if they want to play these games then let’s play. Student debt is over $1.6 trillion. If I stopped making payments individually, the ~$40k I borrowed is my problem. If all of us stop paying, it’s the government’s problem.

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      8 hours ago

      Not directly. The moment you make that loan it gets sold to a private loan handler

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        Yea, my loans have been passed around a few times. The tactic would still work, because there’s only a limited number of federally approved student loan debt collectors