拜登政府再次宣布學貸減免措施,新一輪計劃將豁免逾16萬人共77億元債務,使得連串措施的受惠人數增至480萬,涉及款項達到1670億元。總統拜登稱此舉幫助年輕人減輕負擔,共和黨則譴責政策浪費公帑,隻是為了取悅部分選民而無視法院、國會。
綜合美聯社與《華盛頓郵報》報道,最新77億元豁免政策適用於3類受貸人,首先是6.69萬名成為公務員,因而能夠加入“公共服務貸款減免計劃PSLF”的人,按人數計算在此輪減免中占了最大比例。PSLF計劃為政府或非牟利機構的員工而設,舉債人隻要償還學生貸款超過10年,餘額可獲全數豁免。第二類人群來自拜登政府新推出的“節省有價值教育成本”(SAVE)計劃,這部分可讓5.43萬名受貸人受惠。該計劃把每月償還學貸的金額與家庭規模及收入掛鉤,當年貸款金額低於1.2萬元的人士,同樣還款10年後可以豁免所有債務。最後的3.92萬人來自早期“收入驅動還款計劃”(IDR),這部分民眾償還學貸超過20年或者25年之後,便可以豁免餘下債務。
教育部長卡多納(Miguel
Cardona)22日發表聲明,表示在新政策之下,平均每10名當年借用聯邦學生貸款的民眾,就有1人能夠享受減免優惠。拜登則在聲明中承諾,高等教育是基層躋身中產階級的入場券,而不應是社會向上流動的障礙,聯邦政府將繼續保持這個目的,因此無論國會共和黨如何試圖阻止,他將繼續朝著這方麵努力。
拜登的連串相關政策一直引起保守派不滿,質疑最高法院去年已經推翻全盤免除學貸的龐大計劃,如今行政部門隻是化整為零而已,因此部分共和黨執政州份已提出訴訟,尋求推翻白宮的SAVE還款計劃。其中以堪薩斯州為首的11州於3月提訴,以密蘇裏州為首的7個州又於4月興訟,國會共和黨17日也曾去信卡多納,敦促他撤銷相關政策,形容此舉等於“魯莽”地轉移財富。
保守派“就業創造者網絡基金會”(Job Creators Network Foundation)主席帕克(Elaine
Parker)批評,新一輪減免政策“無法無天”,白宮不但藐視最高法院和國會,也等於耗用公帑收買選票。拜登2022年全盤豁免學貸時,基金會也曾參與訴訟。
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