Isn’t it great how taxpayers are now paying off student loans for people who work for the government?
FOX News reports:
Democratic staffer goes viral for boasting about Biden canceling his student debt: ‘Why elections matter’A House Democratic staff member was ripped for thanking President Biden after his student loan debt was canceled on Wednesday.Ben Kamens, communications director for Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur, posted on his X account that he had been informed his student loan debt was officially canceled.”Just got a call to let me know my student debt has been canceled. This is why elections matter. Thanks @JoeBiden,” Kamens wrote along with a photo of his notice.The notice read, “Congratulations! The Biden-Harris Administration has forgiven your federal student loan(s) listed below with Nelnet in full.”The debt total was $8,250 with the disbursement rate beginning in 2010.According to LegiStorm, which publishes congressional staff salary data from Clerk of the House reports, Kamens made a little over $80,000 in 2023.By contrast, the median household income in the 9th Congressional District Kaptur represents in northern Ohio is $62,077, according to census data.Though Kamens cheered his student loan debt cancelation, Kaptur previously spoke out against Biden’s plan to cancel student loan debt back in 2022.
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