[patriotic music] - america. [crowd chatter] land of opportunity. and a basic promise. - a nation that rewards the effort and determination of every single american. - so the least among us shall have an equal chance to achieve the greatest things. - and the doors of higher education will be open to all. - no matter what your circumstances or where you are, you are part of the life of our great nation. - it s one thing all our presidents agree on, each in their own unique way. [patriotic music winds down] - have a good life. we will see you soon. - and to get that good life, all we had to do was follow the instruction manual on how to do the right thing. study hard, be nice to your brother. - get him! - go to college, graduate, and voila, achieve the american dream. but at some point. [clattering] - the us economy shrinking. - they re not getting married. they re not getting homes. they re not getting jobs. - we ve been looking at 40 years of flat wages. - those doors to op
funny coincidence. we were doing an interview duckabout student debtmplified. for a documentary, and look what we see. this is a crazy coincidence. we re shooting a documentary about student debt. so what. [music blaring] can you have them stop for a sec? guys? tell me, guys, what are you here for? what s your what s your cause? who are you? what s going on? - we are the 45 million. and we re an organization that s working to cancel student loan debt. - yeah. - while i ve been focused on the bankruptcy issue, another fix was gaining even more momentum. - president biden said he s willing to forgive $10,000 in student loans. - as a candidate, joe biden issued a plan that some in his party felt didn t go far enough. - we have proposed debt cancellation for up to $50,000. - still others wanted more. - president biden can take a pen, sign a piece of paper, and cancel all the federal student loan debt.