Regarding the article “Supreme Court rejects plan to wipe out $400B in student loans; Biden vows ‘fight is not over’ ” (June 30, TribLIVE): The Supreme Court’s decision to deny President Biden the authority to forgive $430 billion of student loans is all about Biden chasing votes. Promising to give tens of thousands in loan forgiveness to current college students who, over their working lives will on average earn more than workers who did not attend college, he discriminates against non-college workers and all who have repaid their loans.
College students protesting the court’s ruling generated huge media coverage, likely securing a major voting bloc for Biden.
When non-college workers and others, who comprise a much larger voting bloc, vote in 18 months, they may have a long memory of the president wanting them to pay someone else’s debt. His opponent should remind them.
Biden said he knew the president did not have the authority to forgive student loans, yet he tied up the courts anyway. When he lost, instead of saying “I will find other ways to pay off student debt,” he could have helped himself and even looked presidential by saying, “I disagree with the court’s decision, but it is final, and I accept it.” That would have demonstrated leadership and statesmanship, concepts that this president neither practices nor understands.
Scott Brown
Greensburg