Biden’s Student Loan Ambivalence
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🗓️ 23 May 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | There's gift I've ever received has to be a bike when I was younger, a pedal bike. |
| 0:07.0 | It was a sort of slick little road bike and I remember it was all like it was so it was all wrapped up |
| 0:12.7 | but it was so obvious what it was obviously because nothing shaped like a bike and had a little ribbon on it |
| 0:16.4 | and I was so guest. For that was a life changer and I'm still sort of big on cycling around my area now |
| 0:21.6 | so for that one change me a little. |
| 0:23.8 | Joy in every sip with red cups now back at Starbucks. |
| 0:37.1 | Jordan does President Biden want to cancel student loan debt? |
| 0:42.6 | He seems to be getting into getting into the idea. |
| 0:48.0 | Jordan Weisman covers the economy for slate. |
| 0:51.1 | I called him up to talk about these rumors that Joe Biden is about to forgive a huge chunk of American student loan debt. |
| 0:59.1 | I was curious about what was happening here because President Biden, he has never been enthusiastic about this idea. |
| 1:06.1 | My impression watching the Biden campaign that he was kind of bullied into the idea of promising to cancel student loan debt by Elizabeth Warren |
| 1:17.1 | who was like I'm getting rid of this on day one. |
| 1:20.1 | Clearly even I'd say he is like grudgingly suggested he might sort of do something possibly. |
| 1:27.1 | His stance. No promises. |
| 1:31.1 | Basically during his campaign what he said is he would be open to canceling up to $10,000 of student debt. |
| 1:38.1 | Oh and by the way Congress should do it. |
| 1:40.1 | Right that was the key. He's like if Congress will do it and I mean Congress was not going to do this. |
| 1:45.1 | After getting elected President Biden stuck to his guns on this even when voters confronted him with emotional appeals. |
| 1:54.1 | Hello good evening Mr. President. Student loans are crushing my family friends and fellow Americans. |
| 2:00.1 | Be too. |
| 2:01.1 | Early on in his presidency he had a town hall where this young woman asked a question about student debt forgiveness and you know whether he would do something along the lines of Elizabeth Warren's plan to cancel up to $50,000 in loans. |
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