David Sirota, founder of the Daily Poster, says that President Biden has a “long, 40-year love affair” with student debt.
Sirota joined Hill TV’s “Rising” on Friday to discuss why Biden is against eliminating up to $50,000 in student loan debt per borrower, as many progressives have demanded.
Biden said during an CNN town hall earlier this month that he would be OK with forgiving $10,000 per borrower.
“Joe Biden and student debt is a long, 40-year love affair between Joe Biden and the institution of student debt,” Sirota said. “Joe Biden is not a particularly ideological politician, but one thing he absolutely, 100 percent does believe in is the institution of student debt.”
Sirota noted that Biden has previously advocated for making it harder for people to reduce or eliminate their student loan debt, particularly in bankruptcy court.
“When Joe Biden basically positions himself against the other Democrats, this is not some flip in thought of his, this is not some casual campaign, this is something he deeply believes in. He deeply believes in preserving the institution of student debt,” Sirota said.
Watch part of Sirota’s interview above.
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