Biden’s ‘Free College’ Illusion Collapses as Trump Drives Stake Through Illegal Loan Forgiveness

The legal and political wreckage of President Biden’s student-loan “forgiveness” crusade is finally catching up to Washington. In a blistering Wall Street Journal op-ed, U.S. Department of Education Undersecretary Nicholas Kent and Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway lay out the reality: Biden’s debt-cancellation schemes were illegal, unworkable, and nothing more than a desperate pitch to young voters.

Now the administration’s marquee program, the SAVE Plan, is getting tossed into the policy scrapyard where it belongs. And for Nevada families who pay their bills, it’s about time.

The Department of Education itself didn’t mince words. On Tuesday, the agency posted:

“We’re putting the final nail in the coffin for the Biden Administration’s illegal SAVE Plan. For four years, they unfairly strung borrowers along, making promises that could never be kept.”

When a federal agency describes the previous Biden’s signature “relief” effort as a con job, the message is clear: The law finally caught up.

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon followed with an unusually blunt admission of political gamesmanship: “The Biden Administration made impossible promises to win points with voters. We must restore the principle that loans must be paid back. That starts and ENDS with borrowers — not American taxpayers.”

That’s the polite, government-approved translation of: Biden overpromised, overreached, and hoped nobody would notice.

Nevadans who actually paid their tuition bills, worked double shifts, or already paid off their loans never supported a policy that forced them to subsidize wealthier college graduates in coastal cities. Biden’s plan did exactly that.

Kent and Hanaway point out what Nevada families knew instinctively:

• The president cannot wave a wand and erase hundreds of billions in debt.
• Congress, not the White House, holds the power of the purse.
• Shifting personal loans onto taxpayers is not “relief,” it’s redistribution.

Worse, Biden’s illegal schemes created chaos for borrowers, encouraged them not to make payments, and fueled false hope that Washington would swoop in with permanent bailout programs.

Nevadans didn’t need another Biden inflation booster. They needed honesty and policy grounded in law.

Kent and Hanaway make the case for rebuilding student-loan policy on the bedrock of legality, responsibility, and transparency. That means:

• Programs borrowers can trust
• Rules agencies can enforce
• Costs that don’t get dumped onto working families

The Trump administration’s approach is already signaling a shift toward greater accountability for colleges, more transparency for borrowers, and an end to Washington’s habit of throwing money at symptoms rather than causes.

With Biden’s unlawful forgiveness schemes finally buried, Nevada taxpayers can breathe a little easier, and borrowers can start planning based on reality, not political fantasy.

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