Block Biden's student-debt forgiveness: Conservative groups tell SCOTUS

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Conservative groups are flooding the Supreme Court with calls to block Biden's student-loan forgiveness, arguing that borrowers are 'contractually bound to repay their loans'

, the nation's highest court will hear arguments on the legality of President Joe Biden's plan to cancel student debt.

This week, nine conservative groups — some representing former Republican lawmakers and US education secretaries —to the Supreme Court explaining why they think Biden's plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for federal borrowers is illegal and should be blocked. But critics have been strongly opposed to the plan. Each of the briefs criticized Biden's usage of the HEROES Act of 2003 to enact this relief, which gives the Education Secretary the ability to waive or modify student-loan balances in connection with a national emergency, like COVID-19. One of the briefs, filed by The Buckeye Institute — a think-tank focus on free market public policy —that"student loan borrowers remain contractually obligated to repay the full amount of their loans.

 

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Loan foregivness will only lead to higher tuition prices. Schools need reduce prices. They charge too much for the service they provide.

He had money to waste on Ukrain. He’s doing this for publicity stunt

They must’ve been going crazy when the PPP loans were being forgiven to conservative congressmen alike…

And the sky is blue

Now every student that considers themselves republican and are struggling with their student-loans will start seeing their party for what they really are.

Democrats doing all they can to create a nation of irresponsible dead-beats. Outside interests, like the Chinese, praise these sort of self-destructive initiates.

A compromise would be to reduce it by 1/2 of current debt, which would offer some relief.

Wow why do they care so much

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