Joe Biden is trying to buy the votes of the young by letting them skate on student debt. But then, pols always offer bribes. The Covid stimulus payments were bribes. The many middle class benefits are bribes. Federal student aid and government backed loans are bribes. Bribes disguised as legislation and executive action are Government 101 in America.

FNC: “President Joe Biden is introducing a $300 billion student debt handout Wednesday, a move that strategists are calling “irresponsible” and a political ploy to “bolster the Democrats’ chances in November.”

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The White House announced that Biden plans to cancel $10,000 in loans for those making under $125,000 a year. The Penn Wharton Budget Model estimated that “Forgiving federal college student loan debt will cost between $300 billion and $980 billion over the 10-year budget window,” in the midst of the economic recession.

According to the U.S. Treasury of Fiscal Data, as of Monday the national debt stands at $30.7 trillion. In January, months before Biden signed several spending packages into law, the national debt was at about $23 trillion.”

Maya MacGuiness, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said, “While I know the motivation, I can certainly say it’s an irresponsible policy that is going to end up costing young people a tremendous amount from all this borrowing.

“These policies would consume nearly ten years of deficit reduction from the Inflation Reduction Act,” she also mentioned that “debt cancellation would boost near-term inflation far more than the IRA will lower it.”

Isabel Brown, a Turning Point USA contributor, told media, “Progressives are looking at the polls and realize they no longer hold a monopoly on young voters in America. Generation Z represents the largest drop in support for this current administration. Forgiving student loans is a transparent, last-ditch attempt to buy back the votes of a group that has grown cynical and disenchanted with the left.”

Political strategist Giancarlo Sopo commented, “When you couple the historical turnout data with polls showing Biden is unpopular among voters under 30, and the fact that this same cohort is twice as likely as any other to owe student loan debt, you can see why The White House thinks this move will bolster the Democrats’ chances in November,” Sopo said. “That said, it’s bad public policy, most Americans hold no student loan debt, and Republicans should call it what it is: a bail-out of elites while working-class Americans see their bills skyrocketing.”

Kellyanne Conway told Fox News’ Sean Hannity Tuesday, “It’s not fair to the welders, the carpenters, the hairdressers, the people who chose to not go to college or who couldn’t afford to stay in college. It’s not fair for them. It’s also not fair for the people who have paid off their student loans because they have made personal financial sacrifices to allow them to do that.” Exactly.