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"Once again, it's the mismatch between the debt and the borrower's income, their ability to repay."
Moral thinking about debt has fluctuated throughout U.S. history. Today’s calls for cancellation suggest it may be poised for transformation once again.
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The head of Army Recruiting Command, stated that discussion of the endless wars and potential outcomes “was not really part of the discussion” recruiters are having with high schoolers. Recruiters' new niche: the national student debt crisis.
Student debt has reached an all-time high in the U.S., and it’s not just millennials who are struggling.
How can Americans of all generations come together to fight for greater economic security for all of us? Today's tyrants are trying to convince younger generations to fight older generations over scraps, rather than joining together to demand more.
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With Americans' student debt now over $1.5 trillion, private financial companies have benefited from Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos' hands-off regulation that has made it easy for students to become trapped in debt
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Student loans are leaving millions of Americans with really bad hangovers.
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