Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to express opposition to President Joe Biden's executive decision to wipe out federal student loan debt.
On Thursday, he brought the argument to a national audience, panning the White House move as a "political disaster," and questioning President Joe Biden's constitutional authority to absolve debtors of their responsibility.
"Oh, I thought it was terrible. One, it's unconstitutional, which is obviously something important. I don't think that that's something Biden cares about, but he doesn't have the authority to do this. Two, you're going to be having farmers, people that have their own small businesses, waitresses, they're going to be on the hook to pay the student loan of somebody who got a Ph.D. in gender studies? I mean, give me a break," DeSantis told interviewer Hugh Hewitt Thursday.
"So yes, people should obviously pay back their loans, but then the fact that you're putting this on the backs of working Americans who may have made different choices with regards to their education, or, like you said, and most people have done, have paid off their debts. And so I think a lot of people who have paid off education debts right now feel like chumps, because they did the right thing."
DeSantis then contended that in addition to being inequitable, the move is bad for the economy.
"It'll also exacerbate the inflation problems that we're seeing right now. And it's not just people like me saying that. You have (Barack) Obama economists saying that this is going to fuel more inflation. So I think it's a policy disaster, but I also do think it's a political disaster, because I just don't think it sits well with the vast majority of people in this country," DeSantis decried.
Biden announced plans to wipe out $10,000 of debt for federal loan borrowers, with $20,000 of forgiveness available for Pell Grant recipients Wednesday. Republicans have been teeing off on the idea since before it was rolled out, and clearly will weaponize messaging on it through at least November.
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