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While many college students and graduates around the country are celebrating President Joe Biden鈥檚 Wednesday announcement that he will cancel up to $20,000 in their federal student loan debt, outspoken former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker called the move 鈥渁 scam.鈥�

鈥淭his is total pandering before the mid-terms to try and get out the youth vote,鈥� Walker told Dori Monson Show listeners. Walker, who is now the president of the conservative group , blasted the move as a 鈥渟cam鈥� that could 鈥渁ctually drive up inflation.鈥�

The debt forgiveness proposal is less than what other Democrats were seeking but could affect tens of millions of Americans who have not yet paid off their student loans. Biden鈥檚 plan would cancel up to $10,000 in student loan debt for those earning less than $125,000 a year. Another $10,000 in relief would be available for low-income students who received Pell grants. It does not apply to private loans.

In Washington state, this could affect more than 760,000 people, according to a state Attorney General鈥檚 office 2017 report.

Because of likely legal challenges, there is no timeline for when potential student debt relief could actually occur.

鈥淭his is raw political pandering,鈥� criticized Walker. He pointed to a 2016 report by President Barack Obama鈥檚 administration, citing that 鈥渙ver an entire career, someone who gets a college degree makes as much as $1 million more than someone who didn鈥檛 go to college.鈥�

The result of Biden鈥檚 plan, Walker explained, is that 鈥渢hose who don鈥檛 have a college degree are being asked to pay for the folks鈥� who do.

鈥淓verybody else gets screwed, to put it bluntly. People who paid their own way by taking odd jobs, people who had student loans and paid them off; or the third group 鈥� like my brother and sister-in-law — who should be the most ticked off,” Walker said. “They didn鈥檛 go to school. They have a car loan. They have a mortgage. And they are being asked to pay taxes for someone who racked up four, five, six years of college. Now they get to pay this off and add $300 million to the national debt.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a total scam,鈥� Walker continued. 鈥淔or all the talk about fairness, how is it fair that other people who didn鈥檛 take on this debt are now being asked to pay for it?鈥�

Walker, a Republican who was Wisconsin governor from 2011-2019, is no stranger to facing education-related battles. He survived a 2012 recall election following a contentious public-union collective-bargaining rights battle in his state, creating a furor among teachers鈥� union leaders. In November 2018, the leader of the state teacher鈥檚 union defeated Walker in their gubernatorial race.

With the possibility of local teachers in Kent School District threatening to strike and refusing to return to the classroom when school reopens this fall, what message does Walker have for parents, Dori asked.

鈥淭here are plenty of good teachers,鈥� Walker responded. 鈥淚t鈥檚 the union bosses who are the ones driving this. . . They don鈥檛 care in Washington, they don鈥檛 care in Wisconsin, they don鈥檛 care across America.鈥�

鈥淭his is what鈥檚 happening when you have a governor and politicians who are completely in bed with union bosses. It鈥檚 outrageous.鈥�

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