America, you JUST GOT SCREWED by the Biden Administration. On August 24th, Joe Biden unilaterally decided that each individual in America needed to pony up some $2000+ to pay off the financial obligations … i.e., student loans … of some of America’s wealthiest people. That’s right … if you worked hard, saved your money, and perhaps worked a second job, so that you or your children could attend a university without accumulating debt --- Well Partner … you, too, JUST GOT SCREWED! If you had a student loan and you have worked your backside off to pay it off --- To use an often-used Biden phrase, “Guess what? No joke …”, you have JUST BEEN SCREWED! If you chose not to attend college and went right into the workforce after high school --- wait for it ------------------------------- You really GOT SCREWED!
There can be little doubt that this action, taken by Biden, is nothing more than the most expensive VOTE BUYING scheme ever conducted in America.
With all of the polls showing that the Democrats are in political trouble with voters in their late teens through their early 30s’ … Joe Biden has decided, without any Constitutional authority, to simply wipe out up to $10,000 in student loan debt for anyone making less than $125,000 and up to $20,000 for those who might have received a Pell Grant to attend university.
Once again, we see the Biden Administration twisting itself into amazing contortions to rationalize an unconstitutional action … because as reported by National Review on July of 2021, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said President Joe Biden does not have the executive authority to issue “debt forgiveness,” arguing that such action would be illegal and that it has “to be an act of Congress.” In her remarks, she went on to emphasize --- “The President can’t do it. So that’s not even a discussion. Not everybody realizes that. But the President can only postpone, delay, but not forgive,” she added. So … just how did he do this …
It’s called the “Hero Act” and it was passed by Congress in 2003 to provide student loan relief for soldiers who were attending university and had borrowed their tuition money to do so.
When these service members were called to deploy, they left their universities, their loans and their uncompleted classes to go to war on behalf of this country. This is what the Act says in part: Higher Education Relief Opportunities (HERO) for Students Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to waive or modify any requirement or regulation applicable to the student financial assistance programs under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 as deemed necessary with respect to an affected individual who: (1) is serving on active duty during a war or other military operation or national emergency; (2) is performing qualifying National Guard duty during a war, operation, or emergency; (3) resides or is employed in an area that is declared a disaster area by any Federal, State, or local official in connection with a national emergency; or (4) suffered direct economic hardship as a direct result of a war or other military operation or national emergency.
The Act goes on to describe other circumstances that might affect the repayment of student loans as a result of military contingencies, which take priority over a service member’s service requirements, and grants them relief. No place in this law does it give the Secretary of Education or the President the authority to apply this law to students who DID NOT SERVE IN THE MILITARY or who may have dropped out of school for any number of reasons to include poor academic performance. It does not apply to individuals who chose to study “Gender Studies” or “Medieval French Authors” or “Contemporary Artists and Their Impact on the Industrial Age. Nope – NO HEROS MENTIONED ---
It’s not in there and Biden can’t make up laws or ignore the ones that have been passed by Congress. And yet, this is exactly what he has done and will most likely continue to do. You see, he doesn’t care about average, hard- working Americans. Rather, he only cares about those “special” groups that he needs voting for his policies in November. As for America – YOU JUST GOT SCREWED!
And if that does not “frost your valves” … just know this … the people who have been pushing this in Congress are none other than Bernie Sanders and his groupies, The Squad. Here it is --- The Washington Free Beacon, April 29, 2022 – “Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) says the government needs to cancel student debt, including her own. But there's a chance the "Squad" member's husband could clear her loans with the income from his vineyard. Back on December 8th of ’21 we have none other than … “AOC Says Taxpayers Should Have to Pay Her $17K Student Loan—Even Though She Makes $174K a Year.” And let’s not forget “Socialist Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib who took to the House floor recently to complain about her personal student debt and advocated American taxpayers should bailout students like her” as reported by Townhall in December of ’21.
Now, some will say the Executive Order specifically excludes these three members of Congress – they make more than the $125,000 threshold for granting relief; and so, it does. But if you believe that this is the final round on student debt, I regret to inform you that you have not been paying close enough attention. For that, I present to you for your further evaluation “The Green New Deal.”
Remember it was not so long ago that the Green New Deal or Build Back Better was “Dead on Arrival” in the US Senate – Joe Manchin of West Virginia was going to save the country – he was going to vote NO! But a pipeline in West Virginia and an accommodation for the Senator from Arizona on making sure Hedge Fund Managers don’t have to pay taxes on their full earnings … you know PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE kind of stuff … and PRESTO, the votes are there, and you have the Green New Deal … slightly smaller in size and scope, but the Green New Deal none the less.
See … the Democrats fight ‘til they win, and Republicans fight ‘til they lose.
And despite all the polls about a “Red Wave” this fall, Republicans have a great track record for “Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory” --- Just ask Mitch McConnell --- He will tell you just what’s wrong with Trump endorsed candidates, and why they can’t win in November, but it does not appear that he will lift a finger to help them in their campaigns.
Yes, America, YOU HAVE BEEN SCREWED and you will continue to get screwed until you go to the polls and cast your vote for candidates that can get us out of this morass. Even if you have to hold your nose to vote for candidates you don’t care for because of pedigree or backing – do it for the sake of the nation or we will just get ‘SCREWED AGAIN!”