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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Not government. Republican government.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 17 points 7 months ago

to be completely fair, while it's obviously the correct choice between the two, the democratic party isn't exactly a shining beacon of social justice either.

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Performative bad governance to prove governance as a concept is bad. But yea, republican works too.

[–] go_go_gadget@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This language was added by Democrats.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Was it? Ted Cruz and Jerry Moran are also cosponsors.

I don’t know how to see who added what to a draft, but this does have bouquet of Cruz to it. If someone told be his office snuck it in, I wouldn’t be surprised.

[–] go_go_gadget@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Obviously you didn't read the article.

The Debt Collective named Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Wash.) as particularly responsible for the language.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

No, I read the article and the bill.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1939/all-info

Sponsor: Cantwell (D)

Cosponsors: Cruz (R), Duckworth (D), and Moran (R)

Three of those people have a past of supporting student debt relief legislation at some point, one does not. One actively campaigns against debt relief in public. That is Ted Cruz. I’m not saying he or his aids did it, but I’d probably start there.