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by sevenf0ur 1485 days ago
It's debatable that the President has the authority to forgive federal loans. Forgiving a small amount of debt for a more wealthier group of people without fixing the root of the problem is just selfish and bad policy. It's no wonder why the proposal is very unpopular.
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> It's no wonder why the proposal is very unpopular.

It's actually quite popular: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2022/04/18/student...

> Fifth, 29% of respondents don’t want any student loans canceled, which is the single highest of any of the answer choices.

I might support 0% interest rates so I guess that might be considered canceling some student loans for all?

Thank you for the course in "how to lie with statistics": 64% of respondents collectively support at least some amount of student loan forgiveness.

So most people support.