© Calvin Knight/The Ledger via APFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis • Attorney General Ashley Moody
Ron DeSantis is at it again:
He's absolutely right: the people who should be punished are not necessarily the debtors, but the universities. Defund them all. Let the debtors discharge their unpayable debts in bankruptcy.
DeSantis is all over the media lately.
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the New York Post:
DeSantis said Thursday that the plan penalizes those who managed to pay off their college debts on their own.
"It's unfair to people who took out loans and worked hard and paid off their loans," he said, before warning that the measure would fuel further inflation.
Rather than shift the burden to taxpayers, the Florida governor said universities — many of them flush with large endowments — should shoulder more of a responsibility for the debt crisis.
"If they're producing people who went deep into debt and their degree isn't worth anything and they're not able to make enough money to pay it back — then it's on them."
The Republican also echoed other GOP critics of Biden's plan by saying it was unconstitutional and would likely face reversal in the courts.
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New York Post:
Asserting that "an entire generation is now saddled with unsustainable debt," President Biden announced Wednesday that his administration would nix up to $20,000 in student loan debt held by borrowers who got federal Pell Grants and earn less than $125,000 individually or $250,000 as part of a household. The proposal would also erase $10,000 in debt for non-Pell Grant recipients.
The White House estimates that up to 20 million Americans could see their student loans completely written off as a result of the order.
The Republican also echoed other GOP critics of Biden's plan by saying it was unconstitutional and would likely face reversal in the courts.
"He does not have the constitutional authority to do this," DeSantis said. "He is relying on emergency powers because of COVID. Wait a minute. You got a gender studies degree five years ago and that has something to do with COVID?"
Critics of Biden's plan have argued that only Congress can relieve debtors of their student loans, a point argued by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) last year.
The White House says it has the authority to cancel debt under a 2003 law giving the Education Department broad authority to help student loan recipients in the event of a national emergency.
See also:
Student loan relief seen costing billions and favoring top earners
Comment: More from New York Post: See also: Student loan relief seen costing billions and favoring top earners