‘This decision is a slap in the face’: the real cost of the US student debt ruling

The supreme’s court decision was met with widespread anger from borrowers struggling to escape the burden of student debt, a system built under a ‘no-win scenario’

Millions of Americans were left reeling on Friday after the US supreme court struck down the Biden administration’s plan to forgive $430bn in student debt, stirring anxiety among borrowers just months before student loan payments are set to resume in October.

“This decision is a slap in the face to millions of Americans who, like me, were told to pursue college and dream of a brighter future, and are now punished for doing so,” said Tim Scalona, a law student at Suffolk University in Boston, who spent months bracing for the ruling. He was keenly aware of the current court’s hostility to student debt forgiveness.

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