6 Democrat and Republican 2024 Candidates Weigh In After SCOTUS Strikes Down Biden Student Debt Cancellation Plan

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : "When I was their age, a college education cost about one-seventh of what it is today.
55% : By Friday afternoon, Biden also announced new strategies his administration would take to help student loan borrowers.
54% : "Today, SCOTUS made the right decision on student loans.
51% : They ended Affirmative Action.
41% : On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Biden could not excuse student debt repayments through the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 (HEROES Act) or any other authority belonging to the executive branch.
41% : 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."
39% : Republicans and conservative commentators have pushed back on such comparisons in the past, arguing that PPP loans were different because businesses lost their means of income as a result of government-imposed lockdowns, whereas student loan borrowers agreed to take on and repay the costs of their education.
24% : Following the Supreme Court decision, Biden also accused Republicans of hypocrisy for opposing his student debt cancellation plan while supporting debt forgiveness for business owners who took out loans during COVID-19 pandemic-era closures.

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