Presidential Candidates stance on student loan debt. getty There are many important issues taking the stage in this year’s Presidential election, and how each candidate thinks student loan debt should be handled is definitely on the list. The fact is, America’s student loan debt crisis cannot continue. American families are poised to borrow $100 billion
“Sure,” I said. “And not just me! I mean, Representative Bobby Scott says it’ll ‘be lifechanging for millions of student loan borrowers.’ AFT president Randi Weingarten says the president is determined ‘to remove the shackles of student debt’ in order ‘to improve people’s lives.’” My driver didn’t seem to share my bliss. “They chose to
Billionaire Mark Cuban confronted fellow billionaire Bill Ackman online on Saturday after he criticized President Joe Biden‘s forgiveness plan for student loan debt. Biden recently canceled student loan debt for a further 277,000 people, bringing the total number of Americans approved for debt relief during his administration to 4.3 million. The latest debt relief applies
The Biden administration is canceling even more student debt. On Friday, the White House announced that an additional 277,000 borrowers will see their student loans eliminated, amounting to about $7.4 billion in forgiven debt. Those borrowers qualified for that relief because they were enrolled in one of the loan repayment or forgiveness programs the administration
Gov. Ron DeSantis slammed President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness initiatives on Wednesday, dragging sociology degrees in his criticism of the federal plan to cancel debts for millions of students across the nation. Instead of unilaterally canceling debt, universities should back the loans, DeSantis said during a bill signing event in St. Petersburg, in the
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Philadelphia social worker Kelly Monique Gray wept as she shared what it meant for her student loans to be forgiven. Gray shared her experience during a roundtable discussion in North Philadelphia’s Fairhill neighborhood.
Ben Roberts / Twenty20.com The average student loan for boomers — those born between 1946 and 1964 — is a whopping $43,554. And even though they are an older generation, boomers’ student loan debt is more than the debt of any other generation. Check Out: Frugal People Love the 6 to 1 Grocery Shopping Method: