I've been paying on it for 12 years. I have paid over $20,000 to remove roughly $5,000 in principle. Most of the progress I made was from the 0% interest freeze during COVID. I will be in debt for the rest of my life unless we have some reform or I get a lucky windfall. Most student loan borrowers are in a similar, if not worse situation.
People who are against student loan reform have absolutely no idea how predatory and broken the system currently is.
Republican appointed judge - put it in the FUCKING headline. Stop pretending that the idea of an impartial judiciary is possible today. The context matters.
My understanding is that the temporary nature is supposed to be because the plaintiffs need time to advance their case, which they got. The extension is now incredibly damaging to all of the people who would have had their student debts reduced. Every day that goes by is an extra burden on them, but the judge doesn't care.