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24 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

 

 

 

"...stop hallucinating that the President has the Constitutional power to spend $400 billion without their approval."

Since we're on a "get the holding correct" kick here, that should be: "without their unambiguous approval."

If Biden wants to push it (he won't ... he's made his point, he can run on being the guy who really, really tried to hand over money to young indebted people, urging them to come out to vote), there's a big opening here: he presumably still has the authority to suspend payments due, maybe to tinker with the interest rates, and do all other kinds of mischief. The Court said Congress only failed to authorize canceling debt.

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if I am trying to convince someone of my ability to lead a country I might not point out that I can't even pay down a loan. Truly though sounds like a Dem, I am too stupid to do basic things, make me your leader 

 

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9 minutes ago, Orlando Tim said:

if I am trying to convince someone of my ability to lead a country I might not point out that I can't even pay down a loan. Truly though sounds like a Dem, I am too stupid to do basic things, make me your leader 

 


 

 

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3 hours ago, BillStime said:

 

I wish my parents turned 18 in 1989. Granted, I wouldn't have been born yet but they wouldn't be in their late 70s like they are today.  I cherish every day they are here.

 

 

 

I hope you have them for many years to come. 👍 My Dad turns 90 next weekend. Still going strong physically but starting to fail mentally. I just pray that the Bills can win ONE while he’s still with us. 

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29 minutes ago, Orlando Tim said:

if I am trying to convince someone of my ability to lead a country I might not point out that I can't even pay down a loan. Truly though sounds like a Dem, I am too stupid to do basic things, make me your leader 

 

 

Her grandfather spent nearly two decades in Congress.

 

Her husband ran talent acquisition for the Clinton campaign and is currently the managing director of one of those NYC-based businesses that doesn't even state what it does on its website because you're too poor to know that.

 

I don't feel bad for her.

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Virtually all PPP loans are being forgiven — despite concerns about fraud, undeserving recipients. And all you need is a simple one-page form to get relief

 

If you received a Paycheck Protection Program loan during the pandemic, there’s a good chance you won’t have to pay it back.

Millions of PPP loans, at a cost of $770 billion, were given out to businesses, individuals and nonprofits across the country during the pandemic. The loans were targeted to small businesses with fewer than 500 employees to help them keep workers as well as pay bills and overhead.

 

Almost all the PPP loans — 90% — have already been completely or partially forgiven, according to NPR analysis of data from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

 

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene had $183,504 in PPP loans forgiven.

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-republican-critics-student-loan-cancellation-ppp-loan-forgiveness/

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Even if you think student debt nationalization is ethical (it's not) - a massive financial plan like this has to go through Congress. Blatantly unconstitutional for Biden to do it by executive decree. We don't live in a dictatorship.

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People have it twisted
 

People are fighting over that loan forgiveness

 

The real problem is how much it’s actually costing to go to school, and this comes from somebody who works at a university

 

We charge way too damn much

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8 minutes ago, ALF said:

Virtually all PPP loans are being forgiven — despite concerns about fraud, undeserving recipients. And all you need is a simple one-page form to get relief

 

If you received a Paycheck Protection Program loan during the pandemic, there’s a good chance you won’t have to pay it back.

Millions of PPP loans, at a cost of $770 billion, were given out to businesses, individuals and nonprofits across the country during the pandemic. The loans were targeted to small businesses with fewer than 500 employees to help them keep workers as well as pay bills and overhead.

 

Almost all the PPP loans — 90% — have already been completely or partially forgiven, according to NPR analysis of data from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

 

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene had $183,504 in PPP loans forgiven.

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-republican-critics-student-loan-cancellation-ppp-loan-forgiveness/

As originally designed via congressional legislation. Student loan forgiveness is also possible via congressional legislation. POTUS doesn't have the authority is the issue at hand.

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21 minutes ago, paulmm3 said:

Even if you think student debt nationalization is ethical (it's not) - a massive financial plan like this has to go through Congress. Blatantly unconstitutional for Biden to do it by executive decree. We don't live in a dictatorship.

 

Yup.  Nan even admitted this. 

 

13 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:

People have it twisted
 

People are fighting over that loan forgiveness

 

The real problem is how much it’s actually costing to go to school, and this comes from somebody who works at a university

 

We charge way too damn much

 

Yup.  It's ridiculous and why I said they should demand the money back from their schools since they're the ones who got it.

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18 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

Yup.  Nan even admitted this. 

 

 

Yup.  It's ridiculous and why I said they should demand the money back from their schools since they're the ones who got it.

One of the reasons college costs so much is  because the government got into the student loan business. Access to lots and lots of money is what drives costs up. Not sure why we never seem to learn this lesson. 

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3 hours ago, The Frankish Reich said:

I haven't read the whole Sotomayor dissent.

But here's something to be aware of: this is how appeals court arguments go! Justice Breyer was famous for asking long hypotheticals, sometimes with fact patterns this bizarre.

 

What they're trying to do is to get the other side to concede that under some circumstances their view (that complete loan forgiveness is authorized) may be acceptable. That shoots down the argument that under the language Congress used, loan forgiveness is never authorized. If the other side (or another Justice) says, yeah, well, we're not talking about that, then you've made your point.

 

[Granted, this is a silly hypothetical. But still, appellate lawyers are used to this kind of thing]

It may be silly, but if the dirty bomb does cause a late payment on one’s student loan, I’m very pro-one-free-late charge.  Per year.  
 

If a borrower has yet another dirty bomb delayed payment the following year, I think you have to question judgment. 
 

 

50 minutes ago, ALF said:

Virtually all PPP loans are being forgiven — despite concerns about fraud, undeserving recipients. And all you need is a simple one-page form to get relief

 

If you received a Paycheck Protection Program loan during the pandemic, there’s a good chance you won’t have to pay it back.

Millions of PPP loans, at a cost of $770 billion, were given out to businesses, individuals and nonprofits across the country during the pandemic. The loans were targeted to small businesses with fewer than 500 employees to help them keep workers as well as pay bills and overhead.

 

Almost all the PPP loans — 90% — have already been completely or partially forgiven, according to NPR analysis of data from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

 

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene had $183,504 in PPP loans forgiven.

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-republican-critics-student-loan-cancellation-ppp-loan-forgiveness/

Related: Oranges and apples are both round, but are different fruits all together. 
 

 

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23 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

One of the reasons college costs so much is  because the government got into the student loan business. Access to lots and lots of money is what drives costs up. Not sure why we never seem to learn this lesson. 

 

Yup.  Thanks Barry!

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