America is Drowning in Student Debt. Will Biden Throw A Life Preserver?
Americans are saddled with a cumulative $1.56 trillion in student debt, and that's a problem for the economy. How could Biden tackle this issue when he gets to the White House?
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast
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Show Notes
Joe Biden has proposed changes that would affect millions of student loan borrowers, while leaders in the Democratic Party have pushed for student debt to be forgiven. Other commentators have said forgiving student loan debt would be unfair to people who did not go to college or have already paid back their loans.
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Sarah Jones, senior writer at the Intelligencer and New York Magazine, talks about the potential backlash against these changes, and argues that change is needed anyway.