Biden's move to cancel billions in student loans set off an instant fight -- not always along party lines -- on explosive issues of education and class.
Fissures opened instantly within the Democratic Party, as moderates said Biden was doing too much and liberals demanded he do more, while Republicans lined up in adamant opposition to the debt forgiveness plan. White House officials asserted that Biden would benefit from delivering on a campaign promise that helps middle-class Americans but were scrambling to navigate the politics heading into the November midterm elections.
But less than 35 miles away, a different state lawmaker was coming to a different conclusion. When Barbara Dittrich, a Republican from Oconomowoc, Wis., saw the news, she thought of her own family. Her two daughters had already paid off their student loans, while their brother will now be eligible to have $10,000 written off, courtesy of the American taxpayer.
White House officials said they were eager to have a debate that put them on the side of students struggling to pay off loans, particularly the disproportionate number of Black Americans who form a major portion of Biden’s base.“It’s not going to please everybody. He understands the policy is not,” said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. “But he wants to make sure we’re giving families a little breathing room.
“This decision by the president is out of touch with what the majority of the American people want from the White House, which is leadership to address the most immediate challenges the country is facing,” said Rep. Jared Golden .Rep. Tim Ryan, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Ohio, said Biden’s approach could alienate those struggling to make rent payments, much less attempting to go to college.
that “pouring roughly half trillion dollars of gasoline on the inflationary fire that is already burning is reckless.” White House officials respond that restarting student loan repayments, which have been on pause for more than two years, will offset any inflationary effect of forgiving other loan payments.
Savannah Charles, a 23-year-old graduate of Marquette University in Milwaukee, has a different perspective. She faces a $400-per-month payment until 2036 and recalled sobbing on her bedroom floor during her freshman year, struggling under financial hardship as she strove to become the first in her family to graduate from college.
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