President Biden’s Student Debt Strike

A vote-buying ploy turns into defiance of the Supreme Court, as the ‘Debt Collective’ declares: ‘I refuse to pay a debt the president promised to cancel.’

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Protesters at Washington on June 30, 2023. AP/Andrew Harnik

The “debt strike” in respect of student loans is shaping up as one of the most dramatic affronts to the rule of law in years. There is just more than $1.75 trillion in student loans outstanding. The debt is mostly owed to the federal government and guaranteed by the American taxpayer. The Supreme Court tried to block President Biden from a vast forgiveness scheme, but the president is launching a new effort to sneak around the ruling.

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