#shorts On 6/30/2023, a reporter asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “discussion about the racial wealth gap and the burden of student loan debt on African Americans, especially Black women. The United Negro College Fund is asking for the Pell Grants to be doubled, because students at historically Black colleges and universities qualify for that nearly — nearly three out of four of them qualify for that. Is this something the administration is willing to push Congress to do?
KJP: … one of the things that the President did very early on is to expand the Pell Grant, and especially for African American communities … this is something we understand the — the inequalities — right? — that we see in the — in this country that still exist. The President talked about that in his remarks on affirmative action. This is a real thing that communities have to deal with. And so, this is a President — everything that he has done, every policy, especially as we talk about the economy, at the center of that has always been equity, always been equality
On 6/30/2023, the Supreme Court put the final nail in the coffin and invalidated Biden’s student loan bailout program. Joe Biden unilaterally announced a massive forgiveness of student loans last August to buy the Gen Z-Millennial vote in the 2022 midterms. Biden canceled over $400 billion in student loans which turns out to be up to $10,000 in student debt for borrowers who earn $125,000 a year or less and up to $20,000 for recipients of Pell Grants. Six Republican state attorneys general sued Joe Biden and argued the student loan bailout violates the separation of powers. Separately, two borrowers who did not qualify for Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan (Department of Education v Brown) sued to stop the program. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Biden v Nebraska that Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness was unlawful. The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals in November extended a block on Joe Biden’s student loan bailout plan. The DOJ then asked the Supreme Court to lift the 8th Circuit Court’s block, which they refused to do. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Joe Biden overstepped his authority.
other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/5oaGklw42Ng
Q: double Pell Grant for blacks? A: everything at the center of, always equity, always equality