Oh, What a Relief It Is

This is sort of remarkable.  It's kind of a page out of John Oliver who did something like this a year or so ago as a joke to make a point.  But the Toledo City Council did it on a massive scale.

Last night, the Toledo City Council approved $800,000 to purchase the medical debt of those in the city who qualify,  

There are 270,000 people in Toledo.  That means it cost only $3 per resident for the city council to create around $160-240 million in debt relief.  Worth noting, too, is that the money is being made available by using some of the federal recovery dollars the city has received -- thanks to the Biden Administration and Democrats.

Here's an article on the story and the television report from station WTVG in Toledo.