Category: student debt

Ep. 55: The Mar-a-Lago Affidavit: Even WSJ Doesn’t Think It Justifies the Raid | The Larry Elder Show

According to The Wall Street Journal’s editorial on Aug. 26, the heavily redacted version of the FBI affidavit doesn’t justify the raid of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. “It’s possible the redactions in the 38-page document release contain some undisclosed bombshell. But given the contours of what the affidavit and attachments reveal, this really does seem…


Over 90 Republicans Demand Pelosi Respond to Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

Nearly 100 Republican lawmakers have demanded a response from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) after President Joe Biden’s announcement that he would forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in student debt. The demand came in a letter from Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.) that was co-signed by 93 other Republicans. On Aug. 24, after months…


94 Republicans Demand That Pelosi Respond to Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

Nearly 100 Republican lawmakers are calling for a response from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) after President Joe Biden announced last week that he would forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in federal student debt. The demand came in a letter from Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.) that was co-signed by 93 other Republicans. On…


Ep. 54: Could Student Loan Forgiveness Become Welfare for the Rich? | The Larry Elder Show

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced a sweeping effort to forgive up to $20,000 of federal student loan debt for Pell Grant recipients, and up to $10,000 for other qualifying borrowers. Biden also extended the federal student loan payment pause through Dec. 31. According to an analysis of Biden’s plan by the University of Pennsylvania…


Capitol Report (Aug. 25): Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Home Swatted Again; DHS Disinformation Board Ended

A federal judge has ordered the Trump raid affidavit to be unsealed with redactions. It comes right after the Justice Department makes a move to suggest portions be blacked out. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has been a victim of swatting two nights in a row. She says that her life has been put in danger,…


Taxpayers on the Hook for Ruling-Class Debts

Commentary Remember the transitional and temporary inflation that was supposed to come and go? We are now getting warnings from high up that this is the new normal. It’s a pattern with which we’ve become very familiar. Two weeks of lockdown became two years. One-hundred days of masking turned into a full year, and the…


Kobe Bryant’s Widow Awarded $16M Over Leaked Crash Photos; Uvalde School District Police Chief Fired | NTD Good Morning

Kobe Bryant’s widow was awarded $16-Million dollars by a jury on Wednesday. The lawsuit was over leaked photos of the helicopter crash site where her husband and daughter died. Uvalde school board votes unanimously to fire police chief Pete Arredondo. The embattled police chief didn’t show up at Wednesday’s meeting. President Biden announced his student…


Capitol Report (Aug. 24): Biden Cancels Millions of Student Loans; Rep. Greene Swatted in Political Attack

President Joe Biden is wiping away hundreds of billions of dollars in student debt. What does it mean for everyday Americans and the economy? Congresswoman Virginia Foxx sits on the education committee, and she joins us to weigh in on Biden’s canceling billions of dollars in student debt. The results are in from Tuesday’s primaries….


Canceling Student Debt Is Wrong on Every Level

One of the first things a toddler learns to say is “That’s not fair!”  It turns out that the idea of fairness, a concept related to justice, is intuitive from an early age. Even 3-year-olds understand that merit is fundamental to fairness. Merit is the idea that “rewards should be distributed according to how much…


NAACP President Says Biden’s Plan on Student Debt Relief Doesn’t Do Enough

The president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) attacked the Biden administration’s proposed plan to relieve student loan borrowers, saying it does not do enough to address the outstanding $1.75 trillion in student loan debt nationwide. President Joe Biden is poised to forgive $10,000 in student loan debt for 40…