• @doctorcrimson@lemmy.world
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    1110 months ago

    Pretty sure anything that touches the budget in any way other than minor allocation changes is strictly congress’ business.

    For example, when he tried to forgive student loans several years ago he was empowered to do so by a law from 2003 which allowed the Secretary of Education to change rules and waive amounts during an emergency such as 9/11 or a Pandemic. And State AGs still sued him over it and won, despite that legislature.

    • @demesisx@infosec.pub
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      10 months ago

      I wonder if the

      2008 legislation that he wrote eliminating student loan bankruptcy forgiveness in exchange for $250,000 from MBNA

      got in his way too!

      Vote blue no matter who $hitlibs are counting on people not being able to do basic research and just taking their corruption apologia at face value.

      • nifty
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        510 months ago

        I am not sure that legislation has to do with spending though.

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          10 months ago

          No shit!

          What I intend to communicate is that Biden has never been, in any way, serious about any of the focus-grouped, means-tested student loan forgiveness programs that he has been pretending to work toward. He and his advisors clearly know full well that his buddies in Congress will NEVER, EVER pass it. It’s like the overdraft fee thing recently that doesn’t take effect until 2025 and will absolutely be eliminated by Congress before it even takes effect.

          They think we’re stupid.