Share: President Biden’s student debt relief plan has been met with cheers and jeers, and no one is cheering and jeering more than those Americans who will be untouched by it. Critics have called this plan a glorified government bailout targeted at able-bodied, affluent Americans. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has called the plan “a slap in the face to every family who sacrificed to save for college and every graduate who paid their debt.” The validity of such arguments relies on an iteration of …
National student debt is a travesty
Share: Benjamin Franklin once said, “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” Unfortunately the U.S. government has not been able to realize a fact that Franklin already understood in the 1700s. Investing in students’ future by lowering interest rates is the first step necessary to making good education affordable for all, but it is not enough. Follow:
OP-ED: Obama’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan is a good start
Share: Congratulations America. We have surpassed the $1 trillion mark in student debt. If that isn’t bad enough, students are finding themselves having to empty their pockets once more to pay off their remaining school balances. This time however, it’ll sting a little less with President Obama’s newer Student Loan Forgiveness Program. Follow: