Debt Forgiveness – American Conservative Movement https://americanconservativemovement.com American exceptionalism isn't dead. It just needs to be embraced. Sat, 01 Jul 2023 02:16:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://americanconservativemovement.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-America-First-Favicon-32x32.png Debt Forgiveness – American Conservative Movement https://americanconservativemovement.com 32 32 135597105 RFK Jr. Says Joe Biden Didn’t Do Enough to Cancel Student Loan Debt https://americanconservativemovement.com/rfk-jr-says-joe-biden-didnt-do-enough-to-cancel-student-loan-debt/ https://americanconservativemovement.com/rfk-jr-says-joe-biden-didnt-do-enough-to-cancel-student-loan-debt/#comments Sat, 01 Jul 2023 02:15:33 +0000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/?p=194199 Editor’s Commentary: I like Robert F Kennedy Jr. He’s one of my favorite Democrats, which is to say he’s one of the few Democrats I can agree with on some issues. I fully support his run for the Democrat nomination for president. My ideal scenario has him winning the nomination before soundly loses to Donald Trump in the general election. I’d even want to see RFK Jr play some role in Trump’s administration. I posted an idea on Twitter:

I’ve seen many Republicans and even full-blown conservatives embrace RFK Jr all the way, as in hoping that he can be the next president. On the issue of the Covid-19 “vaccines,” he’s the best on either side of the aisle. He’s strongly opposed to aid for Ukraine, has shown support for the 2nd Amendment, and has called out the likes of Bill Gates and Klaus Schwab over climate change despite being an environmentalist himself. But as the article below by Catherine Yang highlights, conservatives must know that RFK Jr is still a Democrat and holds many positions that run contrary to ours. Keep that in mind before becoming a “RFK Republican.” Here’s Catherine’s article…


Republicans took to Twitter to applaud the Supreme Court while Democrats chided President Joe Biden for not doing more after Friday’s ruling striking down the president’s debt forgiveness program.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who has announced his intent to run against Biden in the 2024 primaries for the Democratic presidential candidate, joined voices criticizing Biden after the ruling.

The unfortunate SCOTUS ruling striking down President Biden’s #studentloan forgiveness program was the predictable result of Biden’s failure to bring Congress together on this issue of crucial importance to young Americans,” Kennedy wrote on Twitter. 

“President Biden knew his plan wouldn’t survive a legal challenge. His plan gave the appearance of action, while accomplishing nothing. This is an issue of grave importance to our country. As President, I will galvanize public support to pressure Congress to put down their partisan positions and legislate meaningful relief to the tens of millions of Americans who are drowning in student debt.”

Kennedy also addressed the costs of higher education, including a way to provide it at no cost to students.

“I will also take steps to reduce education costs for students. When I was their age, a college education cost about one-seventh of what it is today. A young person could work their way through college and graduate debt-free. If we devoted even a fraction of our military budget to higher education, it could be virtually free to all (as it is in many other countries),” he continued.

Kennedy has called for de-escalating the war in Ukraine, saying the United States has had many opportunities to do so.

“Funding higher education is not an entitlement program, it is an investment in America’s future, just as with infrastructure and environment. Let’s invest in America’s young people instead of in the forever wars,” he continued.

A June 10–13 poll (pdf) showed Kennedy had the highest favorability rating among presidential candidates at 49 percent, exceeding both Biden and Trump.

He has highlighted these numbers, including 20 percent of Democrats in New Hampshire, in his campaigning while acknowledging that he might not have the traditional support from the Democratic Party or donors. Some have speculated that his favorability will drop as Democrats come to familiarize themselves with his platform.

Earlier this week, Ray Buckley, chairman of the N.H. Democratic Party, posted a letter asking Kennedy to cancel his speech at a local libertarian event, PorcFest.

“We must express our serious disappointment and grave concerns about your planned participation in this event,” he wrote.

Kennedy responded in the negative on Twitter: “The Democratic Party Bosses who promote censorship, who have stripped New Hampshire of its rightful First in the Nation primary status, who have shut down debate, who refuse to campaign in New Hampshire, are in no position to tell me who to talk to. I’m going to speak at Porcfest because I believe in freedom, unity, healing the divide, and truth.#LiveFreeorDie.”

Article cross-posted from our premium news partners at The Epoch Times.

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Karine Jean-Pierre Says They Don’t Know How Much Debt Forgiveness Will Cost But She Somehow Knows It’s Paid For https://americanconservativemovement.com/karine-jean-pierre-says-they-dont-know-how-much-debt-forgiveness-will-cost-but-she-somehow-knows-its-paid-for/ https://americanconservativemovement.com/karine-jean-pierre-says-they-dont-know-how-much-debt-forgiveness-will-cost-but-she-somehow-knows-its-paid-for/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2022 20:41:15 +0000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/?p=179312 There are so many problems with the Biden-Harris regime’s attempt to cancel student debt that it’s challenging to know what to hit first. Is it even legal within the framework of the 14th Amendment? How can the executive branch make congressional budgetary decisions? Why should responsible Americans be forced to pay for the irresponsible borrowing of many of the students and parents set to receive “forgiveness”?

The biggest question in a time of full-blown economic turmoil is how in the world the regime plans on paying for it. The nation is effectively broke and borrowing massive amounts of money already. But don’t worry, y’all… it’s paid for already!

Unfortunately, she also claimed they do not know how much it’s going to cost. It’s a ludicrous statement that doesn’t take a scholar in logic to question. You cannot know that something is already paid for without knowing how much it costs. In a brief moment of clarity, even corporate media ganged up on Jean-Pierre to call her out on the contradiction. Watch:

As Bonchie noted at RedState, she was like a deer caught in the headlights:

So let me get this straight. The White House doesn’t want to “get ahead” of themselves on saying how much this ridiculous abuse of power is going to cost, but they are sure it’ll be paid for by unicorn farts and rainbows. That makes sense, right?

Truly, this nation is run by the absolute dumbest people alive. I mean, they’ve got their degrees and wall of credentials, but as far as actual intelligence, there’s precious little to be found. Jean-Pierre is the poster child for that reality in Washington, being so obviously unqualified for her job, yet doing that job with abject arrogance and rank contempt for normal Americans.

The White House has no plan here. It’s just another “pen and phone” moment without even a single thought as to the unintended consequences of dumping hundreds of billions of dollars in buying power into an economy that’s already sitting at nearly nine percent inflation. Never mind the illegality here that should lead to Biden’s impeachment and the fact that it’ll further increase the deficit. The powers that be are completely out of control, and nothing is going to rein them in except total defeat at the ballot box.

They think this will help them buy votes. Hopefully, the American people aren’t so stupid that they don’t see right through the scheme and realize that it’s going to do massive harm to the nation as a whole if it’s not stopped.

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Biden Regime Makes First Move in Billing Taxpayers for Student Debt With $6 Billion “Forgiveness” Granted to 200,000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/biden-regime-makes-first-move-in-billing-taxpayers-for-student-debt-with-6-billion-forgiveness-granted-to-200000/ https://americanconservativemovement.com/biden-regime-makes-first-move-in-billing-taxpayers-for-student-debt-with-6-billion-forgiveness-granted-to-200000/#respond Thu, 23 Jun 2022 17:26:48 +0000 https://americanconservativemovement.com/?p=174014 Student loan debt forgiveness is arguably the most ludicrous vote-purchasing scheme the Democrats have up their sleeve. Reparations may be even worse, but those are further away at the moment. What we have to deal with today is the Biden regime’s intention of taking responsibility for student debt away from students and putting it on taxpayers. The first move toward achieving that goal was made today.

According to CNBC:

The U.S. Department of Education has agreed to cancel the student loans of around 200,000 people who brought a class-action lawsuit against the government, claiming they were stuck with federal debts from schools that were found to have misled them.

Under the terms of the Sweet v. Cardona settlement, the Education Department will immediately approve around $6 billion in debt forgiveness. The 200,000 borrowers eligible for the relief will get full cancellation of their debt, refunds of amounts paid and repair to their credit.

The plaintiffs brought their lawsuit against the Trump administration in 2019, representing around 264,000 class members who said their applications for loan cancellation were being ignored by the Education Department. The suit name was later changed from Sweet v. DeVos to Sweet v. Cardona after current U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona replaced former Trump appointee Betsy DeVos.

“This momentous proposed settlement will deliver answers and certainty to borrowers who have fought long and hard for a fair resolution of their borrower defense claims after being cheated by their schools and ignored or even rejected by their government,” said Eileen Connor, director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending at Harvard Law School.

It would be easy for patriots to dismiss this as a one-off situation involving perceived misconduct by schools, but here’s the thing. Normalizing a status always starts with an excuse. In this case, normalizing student loan debt forgiveness is “justified” because the students believe they were misled.

What’s next? It’s not a stretch for the regime to somehow make the case that ALL students were misled by ALL schools. They won’t position it like that, but if they can paint this as a widespread concern, they will declare that the only fair way to handle it is if they treat all student debt equally, which means making taxpayers foot the bill.

As our economy nosedives and the education system becomes more woke on a daily basis, this bodes ill for taxpayers who wouldn’t willingly pay a penny to have kids and young adults indoctrinated.

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