{"id":579587,"date":"2023-06-21T22:33:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T19:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/partisan-divide-on-student-loan-solutions-about-to-get-louder\/"},"modified":"2023-06-21T22:33:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T19:33:23","slug":"partisan-divide-on-student-loan-solutions-about-to-get-louder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/partisan-divide-on-student-loan-solutions-about-to-get-louder\/","title":{"rendered":"#Partisan divide on student loan solutions about to get louder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/AP23038691537563-e1682948837484.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Republicans and Democrats have long agreed the student loan system needs to be reformed, but little has changed as both claim the other side isn\u2019t addressing the fundamental problem.<\/p>\n<p>While some issues have consensus, such as the cost of U.S. colleges being too high and the student loan system being too difficult for borrowers, agreement quickly fizzles out when it comes to the solutions.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>As the Supreme Court is set to decide on President Biden\u2019s student loan forgiveness plan as soon as Thursday, the partisan divide is back in the spotlight as Democrats and Republicans are readying new proposals, from free college to targeted debt relief.<\/p>\n<p>On the Democratic side, the issue is already getting rowdy as activists are losing hope the conservative-majority court will rule in favor of the up to $20,000 in loan forgiveness. And while politicians and advocates tried to stay united around Biden to present a strong front of debt relief, it is quickly deteriorating.<\/p>\n<p>The NAACP and Student Debt Collective hosted a rally this week for Juneteenth calling for student debt cancellation if the court strikes down Biden\u2019s current plan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) announced last week the \u201cCollege for All Act\u201d ahead of the court\u2019s decision.\u00a0The legislation aims to make college tuition free and debt free for working-class Americans and would be paid for by another introduced bill called the \u201cTax on Wall Street Speculation Act of 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the 21st century, a free public education system that goes from kindergarten through high school is no longer good enough. The time is long overdue to make public colleges and universities tuition-free and debt-free for working families. Education is one of the keys to a successful democracy and we must make it easier, not harder, for young people to obtain the degrees they have worked so hard for,\u201d Sanders said.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of free college has long been pushed by progressives as the end goal for fixing the student loan system, while proposals for student debt forgiveness offer temporary relief to borrowers.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Republicans reject the ideas of both student debt relief or free college, saying they are unfair to those who do not want to attend the institutions or have already paid off their obligations.<\/p>\n<p>House and Senate Republicans were on the move last week introducing multiple bills that would increase transparency in financial aid offers from colleges and consolidate student loan repayment options to make the system easier to navigate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnlike President Biden\u2019s student loan schemes, this plan addresses the root causes of the student debt crisis. It puts downward pressure on tuition and empowers students to make the educational decisions that put them on track to academically and financially succeed,\u201d Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Experts say many of the proposals around student loan relief are more Band-Aid solutions than addressing the root issues, which are harder to sell politically.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a fundamental lack of willingness to acknowledge the real problem, and there\u2019s a tension between do we want university to be affordable and do we want it to be necessary,\u201d said Patrick Gourley, associate professor of economics in business analytics for the University of New Haven.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of times you\u2019ll hear politicians say, \u2018We need university to be affordable, but we also don\u2019t want university degrees required for all jobs,\u2019\u201d Gourley said, arguing the two can\u2019t coexist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIf you want to go back to a time where you could get a good white-collar job without a college degree, then college needs to be unaffordable for people,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd if you want it to be that everyone can afford to go to college, well, then you\u2019re gonna wind up at our current state where you have to go to college to get a huge amount of jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Universities, meanwhile, also have a huge influence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs with every other policy area, there are special interest groups that have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. When members of Congress try to initiate reform, they will often hear from university presidents, universities in their districts and so there\u2019s always that pressure to maintain the current structure of student loans and grants,\u201d said Lindsey Burke, director for the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>While some are concerned the focus on loan forgiveness has stalled other important conversations on the topic, Republicans and Democrats are about to crash onto another hurdle that could dominate the debate.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration is about to solidify changes to income-driven repayment programs for student loans that will likely draw just as much ire from Republicans as his relief proposal did.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The changes the administration proposes could cut some borrowers\u2019 monthly payments in half, while others could pay as low as $0 a month.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThese are as consequential one could argue as the student loan forgiveness plan is, and taxpayers are gonna pick up the tab for a lot of student loan cancellation as a result of income-driven repayment change,\u201d Burke said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The issue is going to be top of mind for voters in the upcoming months as federal student loan payments are set to resume for the first time in three years under a deal the president made with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).<\/p>\n<p>In the fight to get a bipartisan agreement on the debt ceiling, Biden sacrificed his ability to potentially extend the pandemic-related payment pause again, which was a big demand from his base, agreeing to let the payments resume 60 days after June 30.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Now borrowers can expect interest to turn back on for their loans in September and for payments to be due again in October. <\/p>\n<p>In order for the conversation not to be solely focused on one aspect of the system or one proposal, Jared Bass, acting senior vice president for the education department at the Center for American Progress, says there should be more focus on the Higher Education Act, which has not been reauthorized in more than a decade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The law focuses on the role of government in higher education and the programs put in place for the institutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have not had a holistic or comprehensive reauthorization of the Higher Education Act for quite some time. I think we\u2019re just out of practice. I see higher education and authorization as kind of like maintenance in your car. And I just think the check engine light, it\u2019s been on for quite some time,\u201d Bass said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I really do think that we need the opportunity for folks to come together through a comprehensive reauthorization and really tackled these issues head-on,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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