A right-wing legal group 'could only find a suitable plaintiff on its own staff' for a lawsuit against President Biden's student debt relief plan.
"Why would this group bring this baseless claim?" asked the White House."Because opponents of the debt relief plan are trying anything they can to stop this program that will provide needed relief to working families.
Garrison lives in Indiana, one of seven states that have said they may tax canceled student debt. The lawyer had planned to have his student debt wiped out through a program that benefits public service employees, in which case the debt would not have been taxed as income. While Biden's plan may automatically cancel the debt of up to eight million borrowers, the White House pointed out Tuesday that no one—including Garrison—will be forced into the program.
"Anyone who does not want debt relief can choose to opt out," White House spokesperson Abdullah Hasan"Why would this group bring this baseless claim? Because opponents of the debt relief plan are trying anything they can to stop this program that will provide needed relief to working families."that their case will be"harder to argue" if Garrison and others can opt out.
that Section 432 of the Higher Education Act allows him to direct the Department of Education to do so.of the plan, which found it will cost a mere $400 billion over the course of three decades, compared to the $2 trillion in tax breaks former Republican President Donald Trump handed to corporations and the $839 billion annual defense budget that was approved by the U.S. House in July.
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