debt as responsible and fair. the nation struggling for basic needs and thanks to the economy president biden himself created may beg to differ. blasting joe biden for overreach. it is unfair to people who paid loans before. of course, taxes and prices will get higher. i don t think he should do it at all. i really think he can care less the actual loan aspect of it. to put himself in a good light with younger voters. todd: kevin corke live from washington, kevin. good morning to you. this is one of those things you have to say to yourself, i wonder what was going on in the room when they were talking about this? the president as you heard by now it described his plan to forgive $10,000 in student federal loan debt. and on a campaign, he said that was the right thing to do to make a difference for families out there struggling and they need a break. a lot of other people feel like maybe that is not something, especially if you didn t have the money to go to coll
their student loans, they don t get anything out of this. right. todd: you have got to love peter doocy purity gets to the point of it, doesn t he? justifying student debt relief plan under the hero s act of 2003 which the administration argues gives sweeping authority to reduce or eliminate student they hit during a national emergency. as you can well imagine legal challenges are expected. but in the meantime criticism abounds and that is even from democrats. check this out, ex-obama advisor slamming the handouts as he puts them. this is jason furman pouring roughly half a trillion dollars in gasoline into the inflationary fire that is already burning his reckless spirit doing it while going will be on the campaign promise of $10,000 of student loan relief and breaking another all proposals paid for it. remember he said that? what he said is even worse. it wasn t just jason furman
Joe Biden eyes former Obama staff to tackle Big Tech Two former officials are front-runners for top jobs at the justice department, sources say 17 January 2021 - 19:00 Nandita Bose US President-elect Joe Biden. Picture: REUTERS/KEVIN LAMARQUE
Washington Two former Obama administration officials have emerged as front-runners for the top antitrust job at the US department of justice under the incoming administration of president-elect Joe Biden, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter.
One of the picks is Renata Hesse, who has had several stints at the justice department since 2002 and most recently served as the acting assistant attorney-general from mid-2016 to January 2017. She has also held private sector roles and advised on matters involving companies such as Amazon and Alphabet’s Google.