House GOP leader denounces Biden's 'socialist' student debt forgiveness promise amid soaring inflation

"Debt cannot be ‘forgiven.’ It can only be transferred. Someone always has to pay," wrote McCarthy.

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On Wednesday night, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy labeled President Biden’s latest motion for student debt forgiveness as "socialist." This, followed by Thursday’s remarks by Joe Biden that he’s considering all options of approach, has ignited a debate on the issue within Congress.

On Twitter, McCarthy posted a list labeling "high earners" and "colleges and universities" as winners if student loan debt is forgiven, since professions such as doctors and lawyers amass as much as 39 percent of America’s overall student loan debt. Colleges and universities would also feel free to hike tuition prices even higher since the government would pay the bill.

Thus, the losers column involves future generations of students and taxpayers who would be burdened with paying back this debt. A point that McCarthy believes hits home during this period of heightened inflation under the Biden administration.

On Thursday, President Biden said he was "taking a hard look" at cancelling federal student loan debt to some degree. While promising a decision within the next month on the matter, he ruled out the idea of cancelling $50,000 per person.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki responded to inflation concerns like McCarthy’s during Thursday's press conference, watering the discussion down by saying no formal proposals have yet been made by Congress.

The debate is playing out with other US politicians in statements on social media.

Elizabeth Warren has long since been a leading proponent of cancelling student debt.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal framed it as a now-or-never type situation in terms of Democrats delivering on party promises.

Florida Senator Rick Scott thought it was hypocritical for Ilhan Omar to advocate for student loan debt forgiveness, given her position in Congress in contrast to the impact it’d have on working class Americans.

Senator Romney thinks it’s a last-minute ploy by the left that’s being pulled out to save Democrats some grace with voters in this year’s midterm elections.

"Eliminating student loans is a gift to the rich," says Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee.

This issue of student loan repayments came about at the onset of the COVID pandemic, when in March 2020 federal loans were temporarily suspended as a form of financial relief. But throughout the past several months of the Biden administration, the deadline for reactivating debt repayment was delayed multiple times: from January 2022, to May 2022, to the end of August 2022.

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