Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone to politics @lemmy.world · 6 months agoBiden-Harris Administration Announces Additional $7.7 Billion in Approved Student Debt Relief for 160,000 Borroweeswww.ed.govexternal-linkmessage-square175fedilinkarrow-up1348arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1340arrow-down1external-linkBiden-Harris Administration Announces Additional $7.7 Billion in Approved Student Debt Relief for 160,000 Borroweeswww.ed.govGormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone to politics @lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square175fedilinkfile-text
This brings the total under this administration to $167 Billion in relief for 4.75 million borrowers.
minus-squarezeppo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoVoting in primaries for people who support it would help. In general elections, how will that help since they can’t get elected?
minus-squaregoldenlocks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoPuts pressure on duopoly to make changes, and builds support for the Green party for future efforts
minus-squarezeppo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoIt’s not worth doing that if it puts Republicans in charge, especially now when they’re basically planning on installing a dictator.
minus-squaregoldenlocks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-26 months agoIt’s not worth it to do nothing and have no plan for improving the country.
minus-squarezeppo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI appreciate that but it has to be a useful and rational plan that might actually work.
minus-squaregoldenlocks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoThe plan is growing the largest decent party we have. What’s your plan?
minus-squarezeppo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoprimary centralist losers and try to turn the Ds left.
minus-squaregoldenlocks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·6 months agoYeah sure go for it, but the Justice Democrats tried that and always end up voting along with the right wing Dems.
minus-squarezeppo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoThat’s not great, but the way elections are set up makes a 3rd party vote worse than useless. Better than not voting, but it doesn’t accomplish much.
Voting in primaries for people who support it would help. In general elections, how will that help since they can’t get elected?
Puts pressure on duopoly to make changes, and builds support for the Green party for future efforts
It’s not worth doing that if it puts Republicans in charge, especially now when they’re basically planning on installing a dictator.
It’s not worth it to do nothing and have no plan for improving the country.
I appreciate that but it has to be a useful and rational plan that might actually work.
The plan is growing the largest decent party we have. What’s your plan?
primary centralist losers and try to turn the Ds left.
Yeah sure go for it, but the Justice Democrats tried that and always end up voting along with the right wing Dems.
That’s not great, but the way elections are set up makes a 3rd party vote worse than useless. Better than not voting, but it doesn’t accomplish much.