“There is also a constant, underlying message since Obama was elected that these should be “forgiven”, and I am sure this administration is working behind the scenes to make this happen.”
I believe Obama and the Democrats are setting the stage for student loan forgiveness by decree just before election day 2016.
Consider the following scenario. Hillary flames out over the next six months. Elizabeth Warren, Obama’s choice, is presented to the American people as the perfect candidate for the first female president. Warren is a fresh face to most Americans, and doesn’t have Hillary’s baggage. The media propaganda machine can turn her into the champion of the people. Warren picks current HUD secretary Julian Castro, a male left wing Hispanic with strong family ties to LaRaza as her VP candidate. The Democrats are running the perfect historic “diversity” ticket and are prepared to go into the election with huge majorities of the black vote, hispanic vote, and white progressive/moderate female vote. For the GOP to have a chance, the conservative base will have to come out in record numbers.
After a brutal Republican primary season Jeb Bush prevails because the conservative vote is once again fragmented between Walker, Cruz, and Rubio. Jeb chooses a female as his running mate, perhaps Susana Martinez Governor of New Mexico in a move to somewhat counter the Democrat diversity ticket.
Thirty days before election day, about the first of October, Obama goes on television to announce by decree he is forgiving all outstanding student loans. No conditions, all forgiven. He has no legal power to do this but who will stop him? Warren (or even Hillary if she does make it to the nomination) and the mainstream media immediately hail this brave decision to save America’s youth from debt slavery. Now the camera turns to GOP nominee Jeb Bush (or whoever else is running for the GOP). The GOP nominee has two options:
1) Declare the Obama proclamation unconstitutional and illegal (which it is) and immediately lose the youth vote, and the votes of parents whose children have significant loan debt. Know the liberal propaganda machine will pound the message of Republican insensitivity and hatred of young people daily until the election. Know that every Republican Congressman and Senator is going to be asked for an opinion and those in close races will almost certainly lose the youth vote, and their elections, if they support the rule of law.
2) Immediately cave and publicly state you support the decision and will do nothing to oppose it once in office. This action almost certainly causes enough conservative voters to stay home in disgust on election day to ensure a complete Democrat sweep.
Under either scenario, the Democrats win POTUS and likely turn both houses of Congress. The Republic is officially dead and the new POTUS comes into power able to rule by decree as all checks and balances will be gone and the precedent firmly established to rule by decree with no consequences.
They are that evil.