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Eugene

(62,623 posts) Sat Mar 14, 2020, 05:35 PM Mar 2020

Democrat Biden tacks left, backs Warren bankruptcy plan with student loan relief

Source: Reuters

POLITICS MARCH 14, 2020 / 4:59 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

Democrat Biden tacks left, backs Warren bankruptcy plan with student loan relief

Trevor Hunnicutt, Sharon Bernstein
3 MIN READ

(Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden has endorsed former rival Elizabeth Warren’s plan to reform consumer bankruptcy laws including allowing relief of student loan debt, incorporating proposals by the party’s progressive wing into the moderate frontrunner’s campaign.

“I’ve endorsed Elizabeth Warren’s bankruptcy proposal, which ... allows for student debt to be relieved in bankruptcy and provides for a whole range of other issues,” Biden said in a digital town hall in Illinois on Friday.

Warren, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, suspended her campaign March 5 after a poor showing in primaries that week. That left the more centrist Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a democratic socialist, in the contest for the Democratic nomination to run against Republican President Donald Trump in November.

Biden’s decision to endorse Warren’s bankruptcy plan is significant, showing she and Sanders have moved the party’s policy discussions to the left. It also would reverse portions of a strict bankruptcy law that Biden himself championed when he was a senator.

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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Democrat Biden tacks left, backs Warren bankruptcy plan with student loan relief (Original Post) Eugene Mar 2020 OP

I smell a Warren endorsement very soon. George II Mar 2020 #1

does he want to beat trump? because more of this is how you beat trump. jorgevlorgan Mar 2020 #2

We All Want trump GONE Cha Mar 2020 #4

hell yeah jorgevlorgan Mar 2020 #6

Two things: HeartachesNhangovers Mar 2020 #3

The bankruptcy relief for student debt is a no brainer. Glad to hear it. Hoyt Mar 2020 #5

That is like trying to put out the fire 15 years after you started it. CentralMass Mar 2020 #7

This just proves that some Bernie supporters will never be happy. showblue22 Mar 2020 #8

Do you want to stay in the lifeboat or feel like swimming? tirebiter Mar 2020 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author tirebiter Mar 2020 #9

Go Joe and Keep it UP!!! McKim Mar 2020 #10

I like this! FM123 Mar 2020 #12

This is not pandering by Joe in an effort to get Warren voters tirebiter Mar 2020 #13

George II

(67,782 posts)

1. I smell a Warren endorsement very soon.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 05:37 PM

Mar 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

jorgevlorgan

(10,448 posts)

2. does he want to beat trump? because more of this is how you beat trump.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 05:48 PM

Mar 2020

Go Joe!!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Cha

(304,721 posts)

4. We All Want trump GONE

Reply to jorgevlorgan (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 05:50 PM

Mar 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

jorgevlorgan

(10,448 posts)

6. hell yeah

Reply to Cha (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 05:53 PM

Mar 2020

And at this rate the eviction will be occurring at a rapid pace!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

HeartachesNhangovers

(831 posts)

3. Two things:

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 05:48 PM

Mar 2020

1) The fact that student loans can't currently be discharged in bankruptcy means that anyone can get a student loan. The unintended consequence of making student loans subject to bankruptcy rules means that lenders are going to start to apply normal lending rules - which means no loans for students who don't have parents or other co-signers with assets.

2) Joe Biden has had a resurgence by not alarming or annoying the centrists and moderates, not by appealing to the extreme left. He needs to understand that and continue to distance himself from the proposals of Warren and Sanders, not to embrace them.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

5. The bankruptcy relief for student debt is a no brainer. Glad to hear it.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 05:52 PM

Mar 2020

Those hat truly can’t pay, even with modifications, should be relieved of that debt.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

CentralMass

(15,466 posts)

7. That is like trying to put out the fire 15 years after you started it.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 06:15 PM

Mar 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

showblue22

(1,026 posts)

8. This just proves that some Bernie supporters will never be happy.

Reply to CentralMass (Reply #7)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 06:26 PM

Mar 2020

Biden backed Warrens plans because he believes in them and he no longer represents Delaware.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

tirebiter

(2,582 posts)

11. Do you want to stay in the lifeboat or feel like swimming?

Reply to CentralMass (Reply #7)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 06:35 PM

Mar 2020

Start rowing. Biden's got the rudder.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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McKim

(2,412 posts)

10. Go Joe and Keep it UP!!!

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 06:30 PM

Mar 2020

Go Joe, and keep it up! Move left and heal the party. I want to get behind the winner!!!! Let’s get together!!!! And let’s beat Trump!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

FM123

(10,111 posts)

12. I like this!

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 06:37 PM

Mar 2020

Biden’s decision to endorse Warren’s bankruptcy plan is significant, showing she and Sanders have moved the party’s policy discussions to the left. It also would reverse portions of a strict bankruptcy law that Biden himself championed when he was a senator.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

tirebiter

(2,582 posts)

13. This is not pandering by Joe in an effort to get Warren voters

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 07:04 PM

Mar 2020

This is reward for them having come over already.

Take note of both parts Bernie Bros

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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