Two conservative groups are asking a federal court to block the Biden administration’s plan to cancel $39 billion in student loans for more than 800,000 borrowers.

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    > The Education Department called the suit “a desperate attempt from right wing special interests to keep hundreds of thousands of borrowers in debt.” > > “We are not going to back down or give an inch when it comes to defending working families,” the department said in a statement.

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      Do they even realize that lots and lots of working families are provided for by people who, spoiler alert, are student loan borrowers?

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        Yes. That’s the point.

        If working families get out of poverty they have to be paid more when you want to exploit their labor.