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[–] OptimisticPrime@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It is great but as long as new debt will be immediately acrued by current students this is just a temporary fix. Or is there anything planned how to deal with that?

[–] ProcurementCat@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

A suggestion how to write that same comment, but make it sound much more positive while inquiring about the future:

It is great!! Is there anything planned how to deal with new debt being immediately acrued by current students, or is this just a temporary fix?

Seriously, we need to teach ourselves to not immediately doubt everything with "but what about". We need to acknowledge positive news first, then ask how to improve things. For our own mental health.

[–] mke_geek@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This action makes a good headline for re-election purposes.

[–] Kata1yst@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Oh yes, let's never do anything good, because there might be something else even more impossible that would be better.

[–] julianh@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

A president doing something that's popular in order to get elected? Preposterous!

[–] ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

If you read the article, yes.

Debt forgiveness occurs after 10 years in an income-driven repayment plan (down from 20-25 years). Payments in these plans is now capped at 5% of discretionary income (down from 10%). Unspecified improvements to tracking progress towards loan forgiveness (historically this has been done by the company servicing the loan, and they are beyond awful at it, so this might just be not relying on them for this decision anymore).

[–] ski11erboi@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

If you guys would take the time to read the article you would see that this is not the same debt forgiveness plan as before. The plan cancels the debt remaining for students who have been making payments for 20 years. It's not a one time action but will be available to anyone in the future under the same circumstances.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Guess it's fuck me then. Biden not getting my vote fuck him. This probably get blocked too and he knows it. Cancel it all our fuck off.

[–] jabeez@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Cool, the next rethuglican president will probably work out way better for you.

[–] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 1 points 1 year ago

Accurate username anyway.

[–] CheeseCatIsHungry@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Did he get your vote last time? Some people don’t vote solely on the ‘what can you do for me specifically’ criterion

[–] ProcurementCat@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Did he get your vote last time?

With 99.99% accuracy I predict: No, he didn't. This poster probably fought him tooth and nail, and not just in the primary where that's encouraged, but in the presidential election where it is simply not acceptable anymore right now.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I held my nose and voted for him. Had to get Trump out of office. Sick of it though the lesser evil is still evil.