Passionate article Mitchell Peterson.

The short answer is that Biden was never in favor of the idea. And beyond that, it's an issue, in the competitiveness of things, not mustering the votes. Democrats are struggling to get broader parts of packages passed. A huge priority in my mind is to secure R&D money to get us and the world to green energy (repair of roads and bridges could be financed primarily by users of them).

The wisdom of student loan forgiveness remains very debatable. While I empathize with people (I assume you are one) with an albatross of debt, to simply clear it away doesn't solve the underlying concern of inflating educational costs. It can actually make the larger situation worse. Because most of that debt forgiveness money will find its way back into many already bloated institutions.

A more sustained address to the problem is to place money into individual pockets of students to spend how they determine. Some kind of base income and to a much wider group of people. This would place pressure on schools to offer a better and less expensive product.

Many thanks.