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Re:Soaring Student Debt Prompts Calls for Relief by toomuchtodo on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @06:27PM (#12492771)
Student loan debt that can't be discharged drags down discretionary spending, spending which drives the economy.

Cancelling the debt might cause a negligible amount of inflation.

http://www.businessinsider.com/3-charts-explain-the-effect-o...

http://time.com/10577/student-loans-are-ruining-your-life-no...

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Re:Soaring Student Debt Prompts Calls for Relief by ArkyBeagle on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @07:34PM (#12493117)
The projected amount of inflation probably still won't push growth into the Fed's target.
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