- Joe Biden said he was thinking about forgiving student debt but failed to provide specifics
- Has raised speculation he’s now planning to cancel far more than the $10,000-per-student he proposed while running for presidency
- Progressive Democrats have called for all student debt to be forgiven
- U.S. Rep. Tony Cardenas said the president suggested a plan to canceling some debt for the 43 million students holding $1.6 trillion in loans on Monday
- The White House has yet to provide the logistics on how student loan forgiveness would work with a deadline set for August 31
- It comes after the Department of Education elected to once again extend the halt on student loan repayments until the end of August
h/t Boo_Randy