#Let kids go to work instead of school

#Let kids go to work instead of school

“Let kids go to work instead of school” A federal judge in Texas ruled late last week that President Biden’s plan to cancel student debt is unconstitutional. It was a wise decision. Biden’s boon to borrowers would cost about $400 billion — a stiff price even in our bloated age of trillion-dollar deficits. Furthermore, forgiving…

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#Letters to the Editor — Nov. 16, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — Nov. 16, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — Nov. 16, 2022” The Issue: A judge striking down President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan days after the midterms. President Biden and his staff had to know their student loan forgiveness plan would not make it through the courts (“You Got Conned, Gen Z,” Editorial, Nov. 11). They announced it…

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#Democratic strategist Paul Begala blasts Biden student loan relief: ‘Terrible policy’

#Democratic strategist Paul Begala blasts Biden student loan relief: ‘Terrible policy’

“Democratic strategist Paul Begala blasts Biden student loan relief: ‘Terrible policy’” Longtime Democratic Party strategist Paul Begala shredded President Biden’s sweeping student loan forgiveness plan as “terrible policy” on Sunday. Begala, a key adviser to former President Bill Clinton before and during his successful run for office in 1992, argued Biden’s plan was neither politically…

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#Biden’s student loan ‘forgiveness’ is just Joe sticking it to the little guy — again

#Biden’s student loan ‘forgiveness’ is just Joe sticking it to the little guy — again

“Biden’s student loan ‘forgiveness’ is just Joe sticking it to the little guy — again” Team Biden’s student-loan “forgiveness” scheme is yet another example of a misguided and dangerous policy initiative masquerading as a public good — no surprise from an administration in which political missteps are the norm. The left is heralding the plan,…

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#Former Corinthian students get federal student debt erased

#Former Corinthian students get federal student debt erased

“Former Corinthian students get federal student debt erased” The White House has announced the cancellation of billions of dollars in federal student loan debt for students who attended the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges chain in what is the largest loan elimination in the Department of Education’s history. The sweeping move will erase a whopping $5.8 billion…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 15, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — May 15, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — May 15, 2022” What Blas owesCouncil Members Joann Ariola and Robert Holden are 100% correct (“DeBt collection plan,” May 8).Former Mayor Bill de Blasio should have his pension docked until all the money is paid back for his misuse of city services.If he needed that security while running for president…

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#Biden’s student-loan forgiveness is unfair to most Americans

#Biden’s student-loan forgiveness is unfair to most Americans

“Biden’s student-loan forgiveness is unfair to most Americans” President Joe Biden is considering doing mass student-loan forgiveness, but “limited” to people who make less than $125,000 a year. That’s a clear sign he recognizes the horrible optics of debt-cancellation, which will largely benefit wealthier Americans. Yet the limit is a joke: Forgiveness would still help…

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#Biden’s student-loan relief is un-‘forgive’-able

#Biden’s student-loan relief is un-‘forgive’-able

“Biden’s student-loan relief is un-‘forgive’-able” Rumblings that the Biden administration plans to “forgive” some student-loan debt for potentially millions of upper-class people earning up to $125,000 a year doesn’t sit well with many Americans.  It will drive up inflation and create an unfair subsidy from the working class to the most educated people, many on…

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