I’m old enough to remember when college-loan recipients expected to repay their loan balance. The whole thing.

That was before President Joe Biden decided he unilaterally can forgive $10,000 in outstanding federal college loan balances incurred by debtors who earn up to $125,000 annually — or $250,000 for married couples. Pell Grant recipients would be eligible for an extra $10,000 in debt forgiveness.

Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments to determine if two challenges to the scheme have standing to change the law. (RELATED: Supreme Court May Crush Biden’s Student Loan Bailout Dreams)

It’s incongruous when you think about it: the party that opposes “income inequality” supports giving money to college graduates, a group that earns more than the majority of American taxpayers who didn’t earn a college degree.

If Team Biden prevails, the cost to American taxpayers will be $400 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office, or “roughly $500 billion,” according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

In defense of the Biden program, U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Prelogar argued that the post-9/11 2003 Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students, or HEROES, Act authorized the secretary of Education to “waive or modify” the student loan program in an emergency. Hence, there is no need for a new law.

In opposition, Nebraska Solicitor General James A. Campbell countered that the White House move to cancel big college debt was “unprecedented. Never before has the HEROES Act been used to forgive a single loan.”