@Dr. John Carpenter

... I am eagerly awaiting being tarred as a racist, sexist, homophobe for failing to fall in line behind Uncle Joe!

Hey, now you can be ageist, too! Although you have to admit that Bernie, that Russian Red knitter of unicorn dreams, really is too old. You have to draw the Siegfried Line somewhere!

I almost hope Biden is their man just to see how they deal with anyone daring to point out Biden's questionable history with women, not to mention the fact that Biden is yet another old, white, straight, Christian male. Since I have 0 faith in the Democrats putting forth anything less than another neo-liberal Clinton clone, I'd at least enjoy watching the knots they'd need to twist themselves in to justify making him the anointed one after doubling down on the identity politics. I am eagerly awaiting being tarred as a racist, sexist, homophobe for failing to fall in line behind Uncle Joe!

@Azazello
Thanks Biden! I have $75 deducted from my Social Security check every month for student loans. I'm sending a request for an itemized statement of my student loans. The IRS sent me a statement for one $3,500 dollar loan that was now over $11,000 because of interest, penalties and fees.

give me a break.” He would say that, wouldn't he. Left out of the Newsweek article was the issue of student debt, which is kind of a big deal among the millenials. In that 2005 bankruptcy bill, which he championed and voted for, was this:

BAPCPA amended § 523(a)(8) to broaden the types of educational ("student") loans that cannot be discharged in bankruptcy absent proof of “undue hardship.” The nature of the lender is no longer relevant. Thus, even loans from “for-profit” or “non-governmental” entities are not dischargeable.

That single provision is largely responsible for the skyrocketing cost of a higher education and the explosion of student debt.
I'm sure he'll pack 'em in at rallies in college towns just like Bernie did.

@Azazello IOW, "quitchyer bitchin' and take what we're giving you!" Barf.

give me a break.” He would say that, wouldn't he. Left out of the Newsweek article was the issue of student debt, which is kind of a big deal among the millenials. In that 2005 bankruptcy bill, which he championed and voted for, was this:

BAPCPA amended § 523(a)(8) to broaden the types of educational ("student") loans that cannot be discharged in bankruptcy absent proof of “undue hardship.” The nature of the lender is no longer relevant. Thus, even loans from “for-profit” or “non-governmental” entities are not dischargeable.

That single provision is largely responsible for the skyrocketing cost of a higher education and the explosion of student debt.
I'm sure he'll pack 'em in at rallies in college towns just like Bernie did.

@Meteor Man

"Hardly captive to labor's policy agenda"? Like that's a good thing?

We need a government fully "captive to labor's policy agenda" for two or three centuries now! Big Capital has had its way with us for long enough now!

And yet, he’s hardly captive to labor’s policy agenda. While he was a “strong supporter of labor rights here in the U.S., from union organizing rights to protecting prevailing wage laws,” in the Senate, according to one labor activist, he did not reliably side with unions on trade. He voted for the deals most hated by unions and embraced by multinational corporations: the North American Free Trade Agreement and permanent normal trade relations status for China. Then as vice president, he was an enthusiastic booster of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal despised by Sanders and eventually iced by President Donald Trump.

"Hardly captive to labor's policy agenda"? Like that's a good thing?