Students walk to and from classes on the Indiana University campus, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, in Bloomington, Ind. Indiana will tax student debt relief as income, reflecting similar policies in other U.S. states following the Biden administration's announcement of a forgiveness plan in August 2022.Students walk to and from classes on the Indiana University campus, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, in Bloomington, Ind.
Though, Biden's plan caps relief at $20,000 for those who received Pell grants – awarded to low-income students – and $10,000 for students who did not get Pell grants in college. Additionally, individuals who make more than $125,000 are not eligible for the one-time relief.
"Rather than addressing the rising cost of tuition for higher education or working to lower interest rates for student loans, your plan kicks the can down the road and makes today's problems worse for tomorrow's students."
“Elite few”. Yet I’m sure most people benefiting from this STILL paid more in taxes than Trump last year.
I didn't realize my daughter was *elite*. 🤷🏻♀️
They always reach deep in their pockets and pull out billion our tax payers money for other countries but their arms are too short for Americans.
Just forty years ago, public universities in Texas (including UT) charged less than $1000/year in tuition. If they hadn’t abandoned funding for higher education we wouldn’t have a student loan crisis today.
That's exactly how out of touch they are.
lmao an 'elite' few. If I'm considered elite, that bar has dropped 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺.
Let's translate that: 'Republican governors don't want a win for Biden, so will oppose ANYthing, even if it benefits their own constituents!'
Shocker it's all republicans
Y'all do realize people who are paying off their student loans also pay taxes, right? It's essentially our money coming back to us. Say what you will, but y'all are willing to die on this hill but not willing to question bank bailouts or exorbitant military spending. Srsly.
Elite few is rather unfortunate wording.
Why would tax payers pay for this? Why not the loaners that scammed all these kids? Did the student actually pay back the amount of the loan plus the actual amount of interest? If so, stop charging them every month! These companies are just making bank off these loans
Elite lol
Doesn’t “elite few” mean Republicans? It always has…
'Elite few'? They're pushing hard to frame this as the working class paying off the loans of the rich despite: A.) The salary cap B.) It's for federal, not private, loans. C.) They constantly bailout 'Elite' corporations but that seems ok by them?
Elite few? Personification of how out of touch Republicans are with reality. During the pandemic Mitch McConnell actually assumed Americans were living large on their stimulus checks flush enough to go without a job. I don’t understand why their constituents keep voting them in.
Since only congress can appropriate the purse the whole program is a farce. The real goal is for the democrats to entice the republicans to fight the fictional program and then the democrats will blame the republicans to gain votes… who is the fool here
Very reasonable. First priority should most definitely be figuring out why education is so expensive. Otherwise we are rewarding bad behavior
I did everything I was supposed to I worked my ass off for decades and I still lost everything to the pandemic after the SBA gave away the money I should've got for help to wealthy REPUBLICAN assholes who didn't need it. I'm currently homeless and spiraling out. Not elite.
Cost of college when I graduated was about $6k per year. I got an engineering job for about $22k per year. Cost of college for my kids today is about $60k per year. My son's first job pays $51k. He's not rich, he's not elite. He now has money to put back into the economy.
Didn't Republicans just force through a Trillion dollar tax break for the wealthy elites?
I guess students aren't rich enough to get benefits from the GQP. There just aren't enough billionaire students getting relief.
As usual, the GOP is trying to make their point based on a fundamental misrepresentation of the facts. I think the rest of the world calls this lying.
Elite? The loan forgiveness is aimed at middle and lower class students who aren't paid elite wages to do things like teach.
Because they feel entitled to our tax money and decisions on how to spend it. Pound sand.
If they are so upset then they should start giving common sense solutions. They have no solutions.
Lower our bills, quit spending at such an alarming rate and stop catering to transvestite sexuality at the cost of science.
So people who make under 60 are considered elite? Do they even have regular middle income people they talk to?
Shame on you for repeating baseless spin. Truth sandwich this shit
I’m a Dem and Iagree with this. No total giveaways.
Lol 'elite few' it adds a means tested repayment plan. It doesn't benefit the elite anything
Prevarication to the point of outright lying. What they are saying is don’t educate the masses, and don’t tax the rich for anything. Fortunately the white party is going extinct—hence the tantrums
“The governors, all Republicans, argue that the lowest income Americans will be paying the debts of doctors, lawyers and professors 'with the most debt, such as $50,000 or more...'” Sounds like they’ve spotted an issue with the way taxes burden low income Americans hm 🤔
They are so right. Most people are against paying other people’s debt. Pay your own bills.
Taxpayers aren't paying for any of this... sigh
Second day in a row you have repeated this blatant lie of Republicans. Shame on you all. You seem determined to get Republicans reelected and usher in an era of fascism in America.
Most of these governors state budgets are paid with federal dollars like here in TN.
We pay farmers, we gave tax breaks for big SUVs, we subsidize flood insurance for rich people, we gave real estate agents & other non W2 earners a tax break in trumps tax bill, rich seniors get a tax break., etc, etc. Why not students?
RonDeSantisFL didn’t you go to Harvard and Yale? Wouldn’t you be considered apart of the Elite?
I literally LOL to elite few.
But, they haven’t made college more affordable!!!
Bunch of cry babies. Exactly why I would never vote for you BrianKempGA
Republican governors support 'making higher education more affordable' but not by 'doing something about it'...
This is stenography not journalism.
The focus shouldn’t be on on the student loan forgiveness but instead on how to make higher education more affordable for the many. Starting with food and housing for example. We need to strive for the bigger value — an educated population.
Republican governors complain about something president Biden does. Shocking.
The GOP needs to stop lying with this narrative. It's not the elites that are benefitting. In fact, their not so rich base is benefitting. But instead of celebrating that, they are trying to keep them oppressed.
That’s nice. Happy to be called elite.
But fine with maybe tax breaks for the actual elite few billionaires. This is who the GOP protects
Screw those governors.
Why do they keep using the word elite?
42% of Americans have college degrees. I am sure they will be happy to learn that they are the “elite few.”
But those same people are ok with paying off a politician’s debt. More money in consumers’ pockets is more money that will go back into the economy.
The 'elite few' don't have student debt. Guaranteed.
I hardly consider people making less than 125k the “elite few”. And 10k-20k will not completely pay off all those loans. I’m a nurse and will still have plenty to pay off after the 10k is forgiven.
So anyone with a degree is elite? That will come as a surprise to the people who had to borrow money so they could have the luxury of teaching 4th grade for $35000/year
Sounds good to me.
What are these governors doing to lower tuition at their public universities? What about tuition free community and technical college? Typical GOP. silence.
I’ll keep saying this, most of the loan debt is due to the RIDICULOUS interest rates! And interest is NOT coming out of taxpayers pockets, ever.
Their 'anti-elitist' stance is just their swing at pitting the poor against the middle class in defense of the rich.
Who cares
The debt relief is means tested. If you can afford to pay back your debt, you don’t get relief. The “elite few” they are referring to are teachers, social workers and nurses.
No, welfare for elites is meant to come in tax cuts, inflated contracts, and laws generally not applying to them.
Didn’t know I was an “elite few”
'Elite few' ahahaha presenting their argument as good faith in the headline makes me worried how many people agree with this notion
They'd rather taxpayers subsidize the vanity projects of an elite fewer, I'm guessing?
The republicans know just how to pin a story they use words like elite Few When actually the Elite have their college paid for him by mom and dad there is no debt or loans on the top. It's the middle class that suffer once again republicans turn a blind eye.
Elites don’t borrow to pay college tuition. Also, how. I h is the US. government making off of the student loan interest each year?
Paying off someone else's debit does nothing to make higher ed more affordable. It shifts the burden of the costs, not reduces costs.
Just stop giving legitimacy to anything the GOP does. They do NOTHING to help the average citizen. I've paid off 3 student loans and and glad other don't. Cuz I am not a selfish prick.
The only thing they support are tax breaks for the rich, tax breaks for themselves, tax breaks for anyone who makes over x amount of dollars a year. That's their idea of reform..
The GOP has no problem forcing others to do what they want. GOPHypocrisy
The “elite few” don’t have student loans. What’s wrong with these people
Yeah we all know people making 63k a year are....elite. 🙄
Most of these governors bitching against an 'elite few' think they, and their wealthy sponsors, are chosen by god to be the rich few at the expense of the taxpayers.
But it's okay for the average taxpayer to take on the brunt of taxes while the rich elite have the money to pay lawyers to find loop holes so they pay less taxes? This while getting tax breaks from Trump. Time for us to get the break. Thanks Joe.
And those half are garbage.
You've been bailing out the elites since 2008. Time to help the rest of us. Why else am I paying so many taxes and getting so little in return.
Yes, because all of us who worked 3 jobs to pay for our college, don't get any help. You only do this to try to garner votes for your Liberal Democrat politicians. And that is the truth.
So now people making less than 125k are the elite? Lol. Wtf does that make them?
Never knew I'd be considered as the 'elite few' BTW I did pay off my own loans, but I'm not exactly against loan forgiveness
Thats what wealthy corporations are for
What are these Republicans doing about the cost of education in their states? Not one damn thing.
Lolll my Dad was an actual FARMER. My mom is a nurse. I have $60k in student loan debt to be a nurse. So elite 🤮
In USA, when I went to school, options were: -Take out a loan -Work while in school - 5-6 year plan -Scholarships (select few) -Paid tuition by parents Kids who couldn't afford it didn't go Healthcare & education (12th grade only) was never a right. Who is paying my family back?
Unlike the PPP loans people like Greene, Devos and other prominent conservatives (who had no need to take) had forgiven. Loans the taxpayer are footing the bill for.
Did they say that about us paying for corporations having to pay no taxes. Ummm nope.
They'd rather force American taxpayers to pay the taxes of an elite few.
Its the economically smart thing to do. Also stop and think, the moment you're talking about what REPUBLICAN governors are saying about students well fare and the economy... It's time to tell them, you don't know what you're talking about.
Did the governors mention why I'm paying for their mortgage(s) interest tax credit each year even though I don't own property?
The elite are the type of people (ahem - Republican politicians) who didn't have to worry about how they would pay for college.
They wanna do a 15% off coupon for a textbook 👍🏼
I’m totally opposed because THEY ARE STILL WRITING THE SAME LOANS. Problem is not solved and what happens here we go again.
But they’re ok to force American taxpayers to pick up a larger tax bill so republicans can reduce taxes for the ultra wealthy?
So let’s make education more affordable by making the real “elite” pay their fair share of taxes. Sounds like these governors would be on board, no?
Show me on the doll where the elite few that needed student loans hurt you.
This is idiotic. “Elite few” are people who do not take out student loans because they are already wealthy. Even if they did, I certainly am not opposed to them getting a free education. We need an educated public.
Bipartisan bill to abolish DEI administration at any publicly-funded university could lower tuition with the savings.
They should have endorsed the college portion of Build Back Better which didn't even survive the first round of cuts.
Republican governors, in an election year, make a public statement opposing a Democratic president's program. These same Republican governors could have been pushing to make higher education more affordable instead of signing budgets cutting funding, and they haven't.
Hey Left Wing propagandist NPR! Here’s a few solutions to higher education expense: 1. Don’t pay people like Senator Elizabeth Warren $400K to teach ONE class per semester 2. Eliminate tenure & establish a culture of merit 3. Force colleges to use endowments before Gov’t aid
What these politicians won’t tell you is that having a higher educated population widens the tax base, lowers crime, increases innovation and consumer spending, but it also creates critical thinkers and a bunch of them don’t want that..,.
Louder for the people in the back: THE ELITE DON’T NEED TO BORROW TO GO TO COLLEGE!
It’s 10k ffs
I thought the cut off was around 120000k... that's not elite.. tax take 45-50 percent out of that ..
They only want to give money to the people who truly deserve it: the super-rich. I don’t remember them complaining about trump’s tax cut for the very wealthy 🤷♂️
republicans actually dont want to make college more affordable or they'd lose voters.
😂
The 'elite few' going to community colleges and trade schools on student loans.
Then I guess they better win the presidency so they can implement their plan, otherwise I couldn’t give a f what they want.
We live in an upper duplex in a town of 3k people, their isn't anything 'elite' about us. Already paid off the amount of the loan, but interest left 4k left to pay, this is now money we can put towards a house. Thanks Joe.
'It's only okay to make poor people pay for tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, not for something that will help a lot more people.'
But they are okay with giving trillion dollar tax breaks to the Real Elite few.
Hint...elites don't have loans...
Like anything else, if you have to pay for it yourself you appreciate more and as for education you make better decisions on what major to spend your money on.
Most tragic stat of all, 40% of student debt holders never earned a degree.
They can't say anything without inserting one of their favorite buzzwords.
And they’d be exactly correct; the policy to only refund so much for specific people flies in the face of equality and equity.
They complain about everything, but actually accomplish nothing. Next.
So now a college education makes one an “elite”. There is no end to Republican rubbish.
The 'elite few' don't have crushing debts.
“Elite few”?! They haven’t even bothered to read it
Elite few…
So they support taxing the elite few to pay for it, right?
Elite few? What stupid BS
I don't care what the governors of corrupt moocher states think about spending money.
Typically, asking for the working class to pay off college degrees hurts the working class.
An “elite” few. That’s rich.
lol. lmao.
Elite what?!?!?
Why not both?
And these governors should be removed. Repugnants or demos posing as repugnants.
Made they can get a piece of this? “ elite” 🙄
who else sees that the republican states don't want EVERYONE to get a hand surviving, just those in their states who actually use the lions share of govt programs for their residents. This is of course funded by all those liberal states federal taxes...really peeves me off
But who has been paying for the unnecessary wars in the last 30 years? Is that fair to the American Taxpayer? Is that personal responsibility? Doesn’t the war in Ukraine and our wasting money on it cause inflation?
Republican Governors are lying. They have no interest in 'making higher education affordable'. Politicians are notorious for bullshitting on wanting 'lesser change' when there's a 'greater change' occurring. Make higher education affordable then come back to the table.
Elite few? It's specially for lower income brackets.
Bottom line the student loan bailout is outrageously wrong. He's trying to buy votes. So if you paid your loan what. Lol. It's stupid.
We shouldn’t have to pay anyone else’s debts.
Hahaha...if they want to make it more affordable, the power to do that is in their hands. Increase tax money to higher education instead of tax cuts for the wealthy and more roads. It's not that difficult.
THE BILLIONS BIDEN HAS SENT TO UKRAINE COULD'VE BEEN USED FOR FREE HIGHER EDUCATION. BUT, THAT WOULD TAKE $$$$ AWAY FROM 28 U.S. Code § 3002 (15).
The elite don't have student loans. That's the point
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How ironic. They have not problem giving tax breaks to corporations, and the wealthy.
Republicans don’t actually care at all about class equality. Don’t fall for it. That said, don’t just forgive student loans! Reform the system that gave rise to the crisis to begin with!
'Republican' Governors want to cut student loan forgiveness on behalf of their overlord controllers,... the BANKS. BanksOWNRepublicans
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Are these Senators the same people who had PPP loans forgiven or nah?
Republicans had no problem giving the wealthiest of our country a 2 trillion dollar government handout called a “tax break”
Most red states already have free college for residents. I live in Florida am make under $150k a year, my kid gets free college. Who do they think is paying for that ?
I bet those Republican Governors that want to lower the cost of college don’t actually have a plan to do so. It’s all political BS.
Once again Republicans respond with complete nonsense. Their rhetoric consists of weaponized idiocy.
Higher education is tuition free in most developed nations, the USA is an outlier on this issue.
America: where only the ‘elite’ want to go into debt for an education.
That's not how it works.
I for one agree with the republicans on this. The American taxpayers should not pay student loans period. I put my 3 kids through college at a great expense of mortgages and down sizing. Do I get my money back ?
As opposed to tax breaks on the elite few.... riiiight.. backhanded bs
People with student loans definitely are not 'elite'
where were they for trumps billionaire give away, er tax break. screw them rich basturds SenateGOP SenateDems TheDemocrats GOP .
Elite That's funny.
Far more interesting is the fact that five Republican governors did NOT sign the letter. There is not unanimity among Republicans on this. That's a tell.
I'll tell you this. 'The Elite Few' doesn't have any student loans. This helps out the average American family, and those Republican governors need to fix their own infrastructures...badly.
Exactly which American taxpayers are actively “paying of the student debts of an elite few”?
Anyone who goes to college is elite
. POTUS Did you receive a letter from these same governors stating their concerns to 'force American taxpayers to payoff' forgiven PPE loans to major corporations and notable wealthy congress people, airline $25B pandemic bailout, or $16B farm rescue payment?
Elite few? 42 million student loan borrowers will benefit from this
Agreed.
Republicans never want to pay for anything that invests in our people. VoteBlue2022
Ah yes, the 'elite few' that are poor. How lucky they are.
MAGA Republican governors, are these your members?...
What a joke.
Too bad NPR didn’t include actual FACTS: 90% of recipients make BELOW $75,000. 66% of Pell Grant recipients made $30,000 or less, 28% made between $30,000-$60,000 and 7% made over $60,000. The data shows these are NOT privileged elites, but targeted to low & middle income.
The use of the phrase 'an elite few' is a Republican talking point, it is willfully incorrect, a deliberate lie.
Elite? Sounds to me like Republicans need to subscribe to MerriamWebster word of the day and build up their lexis.
Republicans really don't want to help Americans. They want to control them.
Won't bail out working Americans but will bail out corrupt companies, hand out million dollar loans to the Lakers during COVID, and hand over billions in weaponry to the middle east. 20k in student debt lol foh
Elite?! 😂😂😂😂😂
Excuse me, I am not an elite anything! 52 yr old single mom that has been charged more interest than original loan! This forgiveness means I can afford higher rent and groceries for now.
A few elite 2/3’s of people u der 40 have Student Loan Debt, many people living on SS have still existing Student Loan Debt!!!
'Elite'?
You cannot make this shite up! AppallingApawling
A perfect example of “tone death”.
'Elite'? Dang...I didn't know I was an elite. Here I am a struggling single mom who several times was close to homelessness trying to stay on top of shit. Does being an elite get me anything extra? Do I get free avacado on my burritos? Double meat or something?
Student loan is immoral. Education should be free, for middle working class and lower
It is no surprise all of these governors are Republican. I didn't hear them bitching when the rich got trillions in tax breaks the rest of us have to pay for.
You have to end the Federal student-loan program. That is the only way to bring college tuitions under control.
Where was the PPP loan forgiveness letter? I must have missed their outrage at that handout.
'...elite few' Tell me you know nothing about college debt without telling me you know nothing about college debt. Here, let me help you with that: The least wealthy Americans are most likely to hold student loan debt — and more of it.
Elite few? Seriously, so my kids in Iowa, went to a public university, drive 10-15 yr old cars and they are 'elite'? Wait until I tell them.
Republican governors were comfortable giving 2 trillion to a very elite group of billionaires in 2017, but not to millions of graduates struggling under the burden of debt. That is why many of them will be voted out of office in a couple months. BlueWave
“22 Republican Governors want President Biden to rescind help for the middle class.” I fixed your headline for you.FFS!!🤦🏾♀️
Poor people struggling to pay student loans are called 'an elite few' by Trumpublicans? Really? Frak'em.
My “elite” ass was making payments with income well below any national or state averages. 🙄 they can fuck all the way off. Poor people take out loans. Rich kids don’t have to.
Elite few. My god. And they all Republican elitists.
I'm not part of the 'elite few' and the 20K of relief I'll receive doesn't 'pay off' my student loans. Clearly there is a disconnect between these governors and real people.
NPR again acting like the GOP are reasonable people. Your lack of journalistic integrity is eye watering
My taxes go to lots of things, would like to help those who need the student debt relief, would not like to support wars in the Middle East. Is there a form I can fill out to direct where my taxes go?
So Republican Governors believe higher education should be less expensive it still not open to all as it is in other developed nations, see Scandinavia.
Now lets talk about the GOP 2017 tax cut.
'Biden's plan caps relief at $20,000 for those who received Pell grants – awarded to low-income students – and $10,000 for students who did not get Pell grants in college. Additionally, individuals who make more than $125,000 are not eligible for the one-time relief.'
ayanaarchie I’m curious what percentage of the US population these governors represent.
ELITE WHO IS ELITE? DID THEY MEAN ELOTE BC THIS IS CORNY
So a lie (want college affordable) wrapped in a kernel of truth (don't want people out of debt).
Sounds reasonable
… I make 44k a year and drive a 21 yr old car… I am not the elite few.
Rich Republican Governors do NOT get to sabotage a program that helps people making under $75k get a little ahead in life. Biden should ignore their request as just more attempts to keep the working class from getting a small piece of the pie while the Governors all get richer.
“…debt of an elite few.” bruhhhh… 🤦🏾♂️
So
But none of them had issues with forgiven PPP loans! 🤡 So over people falling for this propaganda bullshit.
How many of these states cut higher ed funding and put it all on gambling on lottery proceeds?
Yes… the “elite few” of us who make under $125k. I feel so “elite.” JFC.
I would think all Americans would be against paying the student debt off for the elite regardless of party. This is just something else they shoving on us.
Disclaimer: It’s not an elite few.
Those governors are ignorant and cruel, and we should feel no compulsion to listen to them.
First, they're hardly elite, and if it's 'a few' what's the problem?
This is messy journalism and all over the place. NPR what exactly is your story here? And why are you a bullhorn for misinformation? I realize you want to be fair, but, is it factually correct this will only help an elite few?
Does going number 2 on company time make you an elite? I’m confused.
Elite few is rich, man
Bottom half certainly not elite
Fun fact, Republican governors have zero intent of reducing costs to higher education
We’ll be forcing those *corporate* taxpayers to pay off the student loan debt of their employees *they won’t pay decent wages to* 💪🏼🚬
But not a considerable more?... Also.. no one raised taxes so, chill Republicans
But yeah let's forgive the pandemic bailout loans...
So where was this letter, and where was this plan by Republican governors hidden all these years?
American Taxpayer here. Forgive ALL student loans. I don't need a doctor who's hard up for cash and stuck in a miserable job in a big city just to pay off loans
But but but, it is ok to allow the top 1 percent to avoid paying their share of taxes? Yeah, no.
Why did you choose the subjective term 'almost half' in the headline? You're better than inflaming people and slinking to clickbait. 22 would have been the more journalistically responsible headline. Don't be like the rest of the media. Be better.
are some of these governors currently proposing to provide huge tax breaks to the top 1%? I think they are
These are the bozos that could make student loans unnecessary (not 'more affordable'), but sure, amplify their nonsense
This is horse shit.
In Mississippi, the republican governor doesn’t think anyone deserves drinkable water.
Less than half of US governors, all GOP, using a ridiculous argument that supports their existing worldview rather than actually polling voters in their states. Come back w/evidence of how people really feel and then we can have a substantive debate. This is just smoke & mirrors.
So politicians can have their loans forgiven, not to mention never get caught at the constant insider trading they participate in. The government can bail out gas companies, car manufacturers, banks and any other business they don’t want to fail, but helping out citizens is wrong
My Gawd, nobody is paying for the loan forgiveness. Students have been paying YEARS of interest, so the initial loan was probably paid for years ago. The government will just no longer benefit from interest on those arguably predatory loans. 🙄
Oh, a teacher making $45k is an elite? These Governors are out of their minds! Corporate tax cuts was okay for taxpayers to foot! We can’t help the elites! We can do a survey: let the Governor’s decide whether their State accept student debt relief to their tax payers! 🤯
The American people didn't want to take on a higher tax burden so an 'elite few' didn't have to pay their fair share.
Funny saying the program 'rewards the rich and punishes the poor' when you want to cancel it rather than lower the income cap
Does that include their checks?
This from the people that voted to give wealthy Americans a 2% tax break and also have their own PPI loans (much greater than 20k) forgiven. I see this as another reason to vote these Governor's out of office.
How the fuck is it a few people when it hinders a quarter of the population.
Except the loan debt is that of “elites”
But giving money to the wealthy and profitable corporations is okay. Encouraged even. GOP regressives do nothing worthwhile for average working folks.
They are mad anyone BUT the elite few gets any sort of debt relief.
Elite few!? 😂 How about tax payers also stop paying for these governors private plane trips and gourmet dinners
Republicans gave elites tax breaks. Elites are taking out loans.
If you got a student loan you did not come from an elite family. Think!!
How many of those governors spoke out against the giant Trump tax cut for the wealthy?
So elite few is the new word for Blacks. Good to know.
The 'elite' don't have loans
The 'elite' don't even have student loans. They paid cash.
So, what you're saying is that the GOP is against helping anyone but themselves and have no policy to put forward at all, just a bunch of angry white dudes upset that the handout isn't theirs this time.
The eight of ignorance, party over country, n ideology over common sense. Most of these students who owed debt have already paid a substantial amount BACK in interest alone. The 'taxpayers' have made back their money. Going forward we need a better solution. AbolishInterest
I had to laugh at “Elite few”. Student loan forgiveness if you make under $75,000. is “elite”? Give me a break!
'The governors, all Republicans...' That's all you need to know.
They’re right. It’s one thing if the Democrats would have set the income bar at $50K … but they set the income bar far higher than most working class people make. When do they get their $10m-$20k handout? It’s almost like the Democrats want MAGA to win.
Elite few like teachers, social workers, nurses…let them eat cake, eh republicans.
Tuition skyrocketed when Obama had the federal government take over student loans. Colleges knew they could charge whatever they wanted for tuition and the government would grant the loans. Young Americans in debt up to their eyeballs. That was the plan, it worked
Clearly the governors don’t understand loan forgiveness. The elites don’t need loans. People who graduate and get good paying jobs pay off theirs loans. People struggling with debt who never finished the degree or took underpaid jobs (i.e. nurses/teachers) deserve some help…no?
“elite few” that is rich. 🙄
College would be more affordable if the US: 1. Fire 75% of non-teaching administrators 2. Transition to the 3 year European model
Why would an ‘elite’ have a loan?
I don't want to pay the salary of congressional republicans 🤷♀️ They need to get over it. This loan help ISN'T FOR DOCTORS & LAWYERS & RICH EXECUTIVES. It's for people who didn't get rich & are smothered by predatory govt student loans + interest. Shut UP, selfish people.
I'm very definitely not elite.
Would those be red state governors?
“Elite few” seems to be a term that means very different things to Republican Governors than to the rest of humanity.
- They didn't care about making us pay for war. - They didn't care about making us subsidize big oil. - They didn't care about making us bailout Wall Street. - They didn't care about making us send Trillions to Ukraine. We spend our taxes on us and suddenly there's a problem.
“Elite” lmao. First, there are income limits for this relief. Second, many people who go to college and take loans are not coming from money, they are trying to better themselves and often are taking jobs that are giving back to their community. The gop is totally out of touch
Someone missed the part that unlike tax cuts for the 1%, tuition forgiveness was going to go to actual people. I paid off my student loans, glad others who need help are getting it.
The “elite” aren’t saddled with college debt. By and large, it’s working class families
Biden should cut the interest on student loans both retrospectively and prospectively. The interest paid could be credited to principal. Borrowers would have to pay back the original sums they borrowed. The shenanigans on student loan interest rates appall.
Please always contextualize that when Republicans say “taxpayers” they mean multi-millionaires. Thank you.
But giving relief for PPP loans from millionaires was just no question… Am I right?
People making less than 75 K are hardly the elite. Especially when Trump gave 1.5 trillion to millionaires and billionaires and GOP didn’t blink an eye.
We could have had a more sustainable plan rather than this academic bureaucrat bailout. Make colleges pay 10-20k and then cancel interest.
Because 'elite' people always bury themselves in insurmountable debt.
Do they realize we are the future Americans helping to run society and that anything to help relieve us of just one burden so we can help our country could do more? Also, the elite few have gotten taxpayer bailouts
'Elite few'?!?!
Who gives a shit
So not enough to away anything. Not a majority, not close. This story = 'some people are unhappy.' Good job creating something out of nothing, though.
Republicans are the reason why college has become so unaffordable. Screw them.
Elite few…. Damn I’m elite
Can’t be too elite if you need loans for an education.
Tax loan forgiveness as income.
Today I learned people buried in student loan debt making under $75k are 'elite'
But the elite few don't even qualify....
It’s not an elite few who are going to college. It’s every day working class folks just like myself. I’m almost 50 years old trying to get my bachelors degree.
I guess I’m part of the elite few now sweet
If they really support making higher ed affordable, they should make it a priority to fund their state universities at a higher level.
Yep, colleges need to pay!
“Elite” 🙄