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I'm obviously very old compared to the target audience. I was accepted to Columbia and Texas A&M and chose Texas A&M because I had various scholarships that paid for my tuition and room/board. I had some scholarships to go to Columbia but was facing debt of ~20k/year so I choose to go to A&M instead. My life is fine but I don't have a lot of sympathy for people who take out huge loans. (I had to work after my freshman year and I didn't go out a lot etc.) Not seeking sympathy for me, just saying I don't have any desire to "forgive" the loans for anyone.

I don't know the solution but having the govt secure all loans and think about forgiving them is not going to help the next generation. Where is the incentive for univ to bring their costs down? Also, where is the incentive for people to either shop for a college they can afford, or even forgo college in favor of some other training or on the job experience?