59% of Americans worry student loan forgiveness will make inflation worse

Re:59% of Americans worry student loan forgiveness will make... by Yahivin on Monday August 22, 2022 @10:29AM (#32551909)

Just make student loans easier to eliminate in bankruptcy. Problem solved.

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Re:59% of Americans worry student loan forgiveness will make... by sremani on Monday August 22, 2022 @10:31AM (#32551937)

and make the endowments of the Universities eat the loses.

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Re:59% of Americans worry student loan forgiveness will make... by dktokyo on Monday August 22, 2022 @10:46AM (#32552214)

Though result would just be a lot less people able to go to college.

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Re:59% of Americans worry student loan forgiveness will make... by polski-g on Monday August 22, 2022 @04:12PM (#32556572)

There are millions of people attending university who do not belong there, enrolled in programs that should not exist, in order to study theories that are wrong.

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Re:59% of Americans worry student loan forgiveness will make... by chii on Monday August 22, 2022 @10:31AM (#32551944)

but isn't that equivalent to just forgiving the loan?

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Re:59% of Americans worry student loan forgiveness will make... by dymk on Monday August 22, 2022 @10:33AM (#32551971)

No, loan forgiveness doesn’t wreck your ability to get a future loan.

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Re:59% of Americans worry student loan forgiveness will make... by spywaregorilla on Monday August 22, 2022 @10:36AM (#32552032)

From the government's books its the same though

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Re:59% of Americans worry student loan forgiveness will make... by Yahivin on Monday August 22, 2022 @10:44AM (#32552171)

It changes the risk profile for the lender when thinking about future loans and gives people who got caught in a bad situation more options.

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