Warren will by presidential decree on day one cancel up to $50,000 in student loan debt for all earning less than $150,000 per year. A percentage will be cancelled for those earning more, phased out as income rises. 95% of those with student loan debt will get financial help on day one. 100% for sure. Aren’t there some Trump voters who will flip to Warren because of that? I paid off my loans decades ago but isn’t this a killer winning appeal for democrats who promise student loan relief? The money is owed to the US department of education, right? So it can be cancelled by Presidential decree on day 1, right?

about that. The authority to forgive debt is actually granted to the Secretary of Education, a member of the Executive Branch.

But, as the Secretary appointee - who would have to run the Senate approval gauntlet - could not take office on Day One, Elizabeth apparently believes that she, as President and therefore Head of the Executive Branch, could get a jump on this issue right away.

Given that she is not only an attorney, but also a very effective one, and because she certainly would have consulted and verified this action with other legal experts, she probably can, despite all the mostly non-legal naysayers. She doesn't make things up out of whole cloth.

I cannot attend unfortunately). She's a HUGE MA dem, very liberal and will probably vote for Elizabeth in her MA primary. Here's hoping.