If Joe Biden Wants to Win Big, He Should Pledge to Cancel Student Debt
It’s not just the right thing to do — canceling student debt would be insanely popular and not very difficult. If Joe Biden’s supporters are serious about him winning, they should pressure him hard to do it.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden delivers his acceptance speech on the fourth night of the Democratic National Convention on August 20, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Win McNamee / Getty
If Joe Biden promises to cancel all student debt, he will defeat Donald Trump in a landslide. Everyone who is serious about removing Trump from office should pressure him hard to do it right now.
In the run-up to the 2020 election, liberal and leftist commentators, politicians, and organizers have rightfully stressed the importance of defeating Donald Trump. Aside from Bernie Sanders, the Democratic primary candidates generally gave little sense of what they actually wanted to do as president, instead focusing their campaigns on why they were better positioned to beat Trump than the others (an argument Sanders also made about himself).
Since receiving the Democratic nomination, Joe Biden has offered a few more specific plans, particularly about how to handle the coronavirus crisis. But, by and large, he has followed the same basic strategy as in the primary, hoping to win over voters mostly by not being Donald Trump.
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