Campus students, community react to Biden’s rejection of student debt proposal
A resolution to cover up to $50,000 in loans of student debt was rejected by President Joe Biden, but at a CNN town hall, the president indicated that he would be open to forgiving $10,000 of student debt. Many members of the campus community were disappointed to hear this, with campus senior Madhumitha Krishnan expressing concerns over the role loans play in aggravating existing economic inequality. (Photo by Gage Skidmore
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President Joe Biden rejected a resolution Feb. 16 by Congressional Democrats, which would have forgiven up to $50,000 in debt per student. In the days that followed, the UC Berkeley community expressed mixed responses to his decision.
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