Student Loan Debt

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Introduction
Pros
- Pro 1: Student loan debt is slowing the national economy. Forgiveness would boost the economy, benefiting everyone.
- Pro 2: Student loan debt has disproportionately hurt Black students. Forgiveness could help rectify racial inequity.
- Pro 3: Student loan debt has infantilized a generation or more of Americans, preventing them from achieving milestones such as getting married, buying a house, or saving for retirement.
- Pro 4: Denying student loan debtors the benefits of bankruptcy—benefits that other debtors have access to—is unfair.
Cons
- Con 1: Student loan forgiveness is an abuse of the loan system. People must be held responsible for their personal economic choices.
- Con 2: Student loan debt forgiveness would disproportionately help rich or more financially secure college graduates.
- Con 3: Discharging student loan debt would be only a temporary bandage for the much larger problem of inflated college costs.
- Con 4: Student loan discharge via bankruptcy would allow borrowers to abuse the loan system and encourage colleges to increase tuition.
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