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What's the deal with Biden's student debt forgiveness plan?

Everyone's focused on the $10,000 number, but there's some other really interesting stuff in this plan. It's just not as exciting as Twitter drama.

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Parker Molloy
Aug 24, 2022
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As you’ve probably heard, Joe Biden made good on a campaign promise today (mostly) and put forward an actual student loan relief plan. Yes, the big headlines have to do with the total amount of debt that will be forgiven (Biden ran on forgiving at least $10,000 in federal student loan debt per person, but activists and advocates for student debt forgive…

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