Trying to buy votes. -- "These loan schemes do not forgive debt. They transfer the debt from those who willingly took it on to the 87[%] of Americans who decided to not go to college or already worked to pay off their loans," Cassidy said in a statement. "This is an unfair ploy to buy votes before an election and does absolutely nothing to address the high cost of education that puts young people right back into debt." -- Republicans have criticized the plan, citing a Penn Wharton Budget Model report that estimated the cost to taxpayers could be as much as $559 billion over the next decade. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee ranking member Bill Cassidy (R-La.) slammed the White House student loan relief as an election-year "ploy." -- https://mxmnews.com/article/805cf2e7-59e2-4b73-8ad9-5302024930df?biden-harris-promote-student-loan-bailout-in-swing-states
