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From B2, I think the argument has been that most(?) student debt is tied to grad school, and people with graduate degrees tend to be higher earners. -- (edited)

Posted by znufrii Aug 3 '21, 08:08

As such, higher earners would disproportionately benefit from canceling student debt.

But I don’t have any numbers handy on that.

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The only debt that the government can cancel is government loan dept, right? Cancel it. I don't care which individuals benefit, because it's a net go - TWuG Aug 3, 08:27 3
- My only concern would be canceling it without addressing any of the structural issues in higher Ed that created the problem in the first place. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 3, 08:37 2
  - pff. Some people decided to pursue advanced degrees and get saddled with hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt. That was their choice! -- nm - Max Aug 3, 08:38 1
    - Eh. I’ll accept the edge case as a cost of doing the most right thing for the most people. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 3, 08:40
Here is a broad breakdown from a Fed report last year. - Baron of the Rings Aug 3, 08:23 1
- Thx! -- nm - znufrii Aug 3, 08:26
Free service is one thing but the way he was talking sounded like "we're gonna have to tax the poor to make up for the exoneration." which is bs -- nm - Max Aug 3, 08:22 1
- In regards to the initial tweet, yes. 100% pure, high-grade bullshit there. -- nm - znufrii Aug 3, 08:26
Is it possible to delineate undergraduate debt only? -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 08:10 4
- That would be one possible solution, no idea how feasible it might be though. -- nm - znufrii Aug 3, 08:13 3
  - esp for people who have consolidated. -- nm - amanda jeans Aug 3, 08:30 1
    - Just get the accounting grads to figure out a prorate! -- nm - con_carne Aug 3, 08:36
  - Isn't this when politicians would resort to calling them both "the middle class?" Done and done. -- nm - con_carne Aug 3, 08:18

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From B2, I think the argument has been that most(?) student debt is tied to grad school, and people with graduate degrees tend to be higher earners. -- (edited)

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