Sources said President Biden’s intended measure will include at least $10,000 in loan forgiveness for borrowers who make less than $125,000 annually, as well as another payment freeze for roughly four months.

    • berrytopylus [she/her,they/them]
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      At least the means testing isn't absurdly low like 90% of the means testing normally done on shit like this. That's of course assuming they'll add more on to the actual plan which they probably will.

  • thirstywizard [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I'll believe it when I get a statement saying my loan was discharged, until then its just horseshit mongering n lies.

  • spring_rabbit [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Hey 10k would wipe out my student loans and actually be really helpful.

    Oh wait, my loans didn't qualify for the pause so I guess they won't qualify for this either.

      • spring_rabbit [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Nope! Federal loans for going to a state college. They just don't count because Reasons I guess.

        • Lussy [any, hy/hym]
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          2 years ago

          wait what, what do you mean it didn’t qualify? I’ve got fed loans and also went to a state college and I’ve had my loans deferred

          • spring_rabbit [she/her]
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            2 years ago

            https://studentaid.gov/announcements-events/covid-19/payment-pause-zero-interest

            Seems I've already paid my direct loans, and my FFEL/Perkins loans aren't held by the ED. Funny how nobody bothered to explain that to my 18-year old ass when I was figuring out how to pay for college.

            • Lussy [any, hy/hym]
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              2 years ago

              Never take money from private lenders. As paradoxical and purposefully evil this system is, the fed ED is the only loan issuer you should be borrowing from.

              I once borrowed $5k from a big private bank and holy shit paying just the interest rate on that was brutal

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      roughly 800 conditions

      That seems optimistic.

      Tomorrow I will announce that, as president, I'll establish a student loan debt forgiveness program provided that 800 conditions are met for individuals who started a business that operated for three years in disadvantaged communities...

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    • OperationOgre [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Media investigates possible Biden announcement of plan to think about forming a committee to research the feasibility of eliminating up to $10,000 in debt

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  • pooh [she/her, love/loves]
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    2 years ago

    I’m not paying back my loans anyways and you shouldn’t either. We really should have a debt strike. Not just for college grads, but anyone also with medical debt, CC debt, etc.

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    • Dimmer06 [he/him,comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Ha you think they're going to have people handling this? You're gonna be submitting .jpegs of your past ten tax returns onto a website from 1999 running on servers from 1975.

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  • innocentlurker [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    My first thought was that they employed a 1000 accountants to determine the amount to forgive that would most sway the electorate AND be quickly recouped by accruing interest as people struggle to pay the minimum monthly anyway.