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Biden to announce $9 billion more in student debt relief (www.reuters.com)
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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.

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[+] -32 points 2 years ago (3 children)

They also can't win if everybody says "don't vote for them because they can't win" so I will carry on voting for them and spreading the word that we all should.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You’d be a lot better off voting for majority party candidates that want to enact ranked-choice voting.

    Until that happens, unfortunately the reality is that third parties are going to remain on the margins in the US.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Political parties never change in the US. That's why I'm still voting for the Whig party.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    And it's always settled to two major parties, in spite of that. The fact that we've had several parties over the country's history but it almost always comes down to two major parties should tell you something.

    Fortunately, there may be an opening soon, with Republicans in disarray.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They can't win because they don't even play the game correctly. You can't just get up and give grand speeches about radically different ideas, with little to no strategy or evidence to back it up and expect to jump into literally the most powerful job in the world. It's utter nonsense. Unless you're a Billionaire that wants to buy your way in.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You can tell none of the third parties are serious because all their attention goes to the presidency.

    They have no consideration for what would happen if they actually won. No representatives in the House, no senators, no state governors even. They'd be lame ducks the instant they were sworn in.

    They should be targeting Congressional seats and state governorships. Instead, they're just grifting money.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They'd be lame ducks the instant they were sworn in.

    Congress spent the last century concentrating power in the executive. I think you'd be surprised what a motivated individual could accomplish.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You're underestimating Congress. It still plays a lot of roles, especially the Senate. It just isn't obvious because the president's party typically has control at the beginning of their terms.

    This would probably work for Greens except that they don't have people running for those positions.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    what's the senate going to do? remove them? not if the senators are jailed on corruption and war crime charges.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    You are aware that the Senate must confirm all cabinet positions, right?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    the senate is supposed to, but both there is already a precedent for acting secretaries

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