{"id":6023,"date":"2022-09-01T02:59:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T20:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/?p=6023"},"modified":"2022-09-01T02:59:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T20:59:06","slug":"americans-split-on-bidens-student-loan-debt-relief-but-most-agree-college-too-pricey-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/world\/2022\/09\/01\/news\/6023\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans split on Biden\u2019s student loan debt relief \u2014 but most agree college too pricey: poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6024\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6024\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/biden-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Biden and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona speaking on student loan debt forgiveness.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Broadcasting News Corporation : Americans are nearly evenly split on President Biden\u2019s plan to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt for certain borrowers, a new poll finds. But the vast majority believes the administration should work to lower the costs of higher education. Some 43% oppose Biden forgiving between $10,000 and $20,000 worth of federal loan debt per borrower, while 48% support it, a Politico\/Morning Consult poll found. Democrats back the debt bailout initiative much more than Republicans \u2014 72% to 26% \u2014 a percentage that\u2019s nearly as high as the 73% of people who owe loan debt. Only 19% of Democrats oppose the plan, compared to 67% of Republicans and 47% of independents. Republicans have blasted the bailout plan for relieving the debt of the country\u2019s wealthiest graduates and putting the burden on the backs of blue-collar American taxpayers. The poll also found that a substantial majority (77%) say the Biden administration should focus on bringing down the cost of higher education \u2014 a sentiment expressed by 86% of Democrats, 75% of independents and 68% of Republicans. Fifty-six percent of Americans also give a thumbs-up to another component of the plan that extends the pause on loan payments until Dec. 31. It\u2019s supported by 77% of Democrats, 51% of independents and 37% of Republicans, as well as 82% of those who still are making payments. The president announced the plan last week to cancel $10,000 in federal student loan debt for borrowers who earn less than $125,000 a year or $250,000 for married couples. Borrowers who have Pell Grants are eligible to have another $10,000 in debt forgiven. The poll surveyed 2,007 registered voters between Aug. 26 and 28.<br \/>\nIt has a plus\/minus 2 percentage-point margin of error. NEWS COLLECTED FROM NEW YORK POST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broadcasting News Corporation : Americans are nearly evenly split on President Biden\u2019s plan to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt for certain borrowers, a new poll finds. But the vast majority believes the administration should work to lower the costs of higher education. Some 43% oppose Biden forgiving between $10,000 and $20,000 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6025,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6023\/revisions\/6025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}