One Thing: Will the Supreme Court Flunk Biden’s Student Debt Plan?
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🗓️ 5 March 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, so what is your first and last name? |
| 0:05.0 | Hi, I'm Glen Lopez. |
| 0:07.0 | This is Glen Lopez. |
| 0:08.0 | He's a freshman at Morgan State University. |
| 0:11.0 | Last Tuesday, he traveled to Washington, D.C DC to rally behind President Joe Biden's Student |
| 0:16.0 | Debt Forgiveness Plan, which was being challenged at the Supreme Court. |
| 0:20.2 | And when I heard this interview, it really struck me because instead of giving our CNN team a rehearsed diplomatic answer about why he was there, he just kind of put it all out there. |
| 0:29.0 | The real answer is kind of broke. I don't really got it on me like that and honestly the |
| 0:35.3 | movement for this really supports people that are in the same financial situation like |
| 0:38.8 | as me. When we talk about student loans it really is just that simple for some people. |
| 0:45.0 | They need cash in their pockets and student loan payments take a big bite out of that. |
| 0:50.0 | And remember, Glenn is just a freshman. |
| 0:52.0 | His loans aren't due yet. He has years to get his ducks in a row. |
| 0:56.0 | But for millions of others, this looming Supreme Court decision could shape what their next few months been like. My guest this week is CNN politics writer Katie Labosco. |
| 1:09.0 | We're going to break down these Supreme Court arguments, |
| 1:12.0 | what it's been like for borrowers waiting for a ruling, |
| 1:15.0 | and why a new repayment plan from the Biden administration could actually be more generous in the long run. |
| 1:21.0 | From CNN, this is one thing. I'm David Ryan. |
| 1:27.0 | Katie, can you remind us how we got here? Like what is the story of this student loan forgiveness program? |
| 1:37.0 | Sure, sure. I actually, I think I want to take us back to 2019 when we had a bunch of people running for the Democratic presidential |
| 1:46.1 | primary. |
| 1:47.1 | And then we have Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Bernie Sanders putting out plans |
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