Buying Votes: Biden Cancels Student Debt For 277,000 Borrowers Ahead Of Presidential Elections
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Buying Votes: Biden Cancels Student Debt For 277,000 Borrowers Ahead Of Presidential Elections On Friday, President Joe Biden announced that he would cancel the federal student debt of more than 277,000 Americans, equating to about $7.4 billion. This would bring the total of what is considered classical vote buying ahead of the November presidential elections to more than $153 billion, or forgiving the debt of 4.3 million people. The majority of the 277,000 Americans who were...

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