President Biden announced Friday that his administration is forgiving $5 billion in student debt for another 74,000 borrowers, marking the latest round of debt cancellation since the Supreme Court voided the president’s student loan forgiveness program.

Mr. Biden said that of the borrowers who can receive relief, nearly 44,000 are teachers, nurses, firefighters and others who are eligible for forgiveness after working 10 years of public service. Almost 30,000 of those who will have their debt wiped clean have been repaying their loans for at least 20 years, but did not get the relief they earned through income-based plans, the president said.

With the latest round of student loan forgiveness, more than 3.7 million Americans have had their debt erased under the Biden administration, Mr. Biden said.

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    6 months ago

    Yeah, ok…

    People kept voting FDR into office so often we had to put a limit on how many times a person could be president because his main campaign issue was unpopular…

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      6 months ago

      Medicare was popular because it was specifically aimed at retired people.

      It also did not pass under FDR. In fact, FDR thought health care was too controversial to include in his Social Security proposal.

      Medicare had to wait until 1965, when it was signed by Lyndon Johnson.