Michael Ramirez for March 01, 2023

Maybe if Congress would actually take up its duties, presidents wouldn’t have to use Executive Authority so often.

If Congress thought free college made sense, they would take action. Clearly they do not and the left is not happy about it. Their indoctrination is difficult when the parents are in the picture. So they need those college years to push their agenda.

The President should address Congress to change the laws rather than act like a king.

Michael has just placed Joe Biden alongside Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and many other presidents described as “Emperors”.

Actually, it seems that this legislation DOES give Biden the power to modify the student loan program payment arrangements. The issue at hand is whether or not the past two or three years’ of economic difficulties constitute a sufficiently serious national emergency for Biden to make those changes. Ramirez, of course, in his prejudice and propensity to foment lies instead of facts, puts out rubbish such as this “cartoon”.

The SC needs to shoot down this unfair, unconstitutional giveaway faster than demented Joe shot down a hobby balloon owned by the Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade.

President Biden is concerned and working for the future of those who have been dragged down by predatory lenders. Something the Schadenfreude-stimulated Republican-minded can’t begin to understand.

The amazing thing is civilized countries are able to afford to educate their children. But Republicans hate educated people and fight to ensure they are barely able to read.

It’s sickening to watch the NOT so Supreme Court diss laws, policies and bills that help citizens get an educations or control the number of kids brought into the world.

Fascist nazi tendencies!

The average college graduate pays more in federal taxes very year of their working life than the average high school graduate. If that’s divided by the 4 years it takes to get a college education, and public schools were free, those additional taxes would pay for the cost of college, with a net gain for total income taxes paid. The rest of us wouldn’t have to have a tax raise to pay for it, in fact the net effect would be more money coming in without one. This doesn’t even consider that with the degree, the person is less likely to ever need unemployment or welfare, and that more students would complete high school if they could see it as the way to a good job. They would also be paying a larger amount in all other types of taxes, social security and Medicare.

The best investment we could make to keep America strong is to not just forgive all student loans but to make all public higher education, including trade schools, etc totally free, as long as the student is making decent grades. There is no better way to spend money than, to give our people every opportunity to be the best they can be. Yes, It’s good for them individually, but the country is made up of individuals, so what’s good for one is good for the country.

We don’t, even during a time of high unemployment, have so much a lack of jobs as we have a lack of people who have the skills to perform the jobs that are available- in other words, a lack of education.

And this emperor is nuts, period.

If you want to go to college, I guess you better be good at one sport or another. Otherwise, you may not make enough money to ever get out of debt.

Is that one of his balls of steel that Biden is carrying?

Another delusional cartoon. It really is so horrible to help the regular folks, when tax cuts to the wealthy is always the best solution from Repubs.

BTW, it’s the Orange Traitor that is over weight, President Biden is quite fit.

Only Congress has the authority and power to “forgive student loans” (that the people that got them PROMISED to pay back!). It will be ANOTHER embarrassing defeat for Biden. Nothing new about that.

Not saying the SCOTUS will accept this reasoning, but statutory authority for the forgiveness plan does exist:

Specifically, the HEROES Act authorizes the Secretary to “waive or modify any statutory or regulatory provision applicable to the student financial assistance programs” if the Secretary “deems” such waivers or modifications “necessary to ensure” at least one of several enumerated purposes, including that borrowers are “not placed in a worse position financially” because of a national emergency. 20 U.S.C. § 1098bb(a)(1), (2)(A).Several provisions of the HEROES Act indicate that Congress intended the Act to confer broad authority under the circumstances, and for the purposes, specified by the Act. First, the Act grants authority “[n]otwithstanding any other provision of law, unless enacted with specific reference to this section.” Id. § 1098bb(a)(1). Second, the Act authorizes the Secretary to waive or modify “any” statutory or regulatory provision applicable to the student financial assistance programs. Id. § 1098bb(a)(1), (a)(2). Third, the Act expressly authorizes the Secretary to issue such waivers and modifications as he “deems necessary in connection with a war or other military operation or national emergency.” Id. § 1098bb(a)(1). The Supreme Court has recognized that, in empowering a federal official to act as that official “deems necessary” in circumstances specified by a statute, Congress has granted the official broad discretion to take such action.3 This authority is not, however, boundless: it is limited, inter alia, to periods of a war, other military operation, or national emergency (id. § 1098bb(a)(1)), to certain categories ofeligible individuals or institutions (id. § 1098ee(2)), and to a defined set of purposes (id.§ 1098bb(a)(2)(A)–(E)).In present circumstances, this authority could be used to effectuate a program of categorical debt cancellation directed at addressing the financial harms caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Just a thought on a related topic. The local private college was crowing about it’s scholarship program and noted that 83% of its student receive some scholarship aid and that almost a third receive full scholarships. Now to me, that indicates the problem right there. Wouldn’t it make sense to lower the overall cost and they could stop providing most of the scholarships based on need? Unless they just want to charge that last 17% a lot of money, I suppose . . .

Congress passed the law giving him this authority.

Fear not, six unelected right wing justices will NEVER allow student debt forgiveness.

Drag shows for kids aren’t cool Joey.

And if you postponed college to start a vocation or a family, well, sucks to be you, don’t it?

We need a return to 70s level financing of universities by the states. I was in college from 1970 to ’74, my dad paid for it all as we went, and my roommate paid for it himself with stored money and part-time work.