The Biden administration is canceling student loans for another 160,000 borrowers through a combination of existing programs.
The Education Department announced the latest round of cancellation on Wednesday, saying it will erase $7.7 billion in federal student loans. With the latest action, the administration said it has canceled $167 billion in student debt for nearly 5 million Americans through several programs.
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The latest relief will go to borrowers in three categories who hit certain milestones that make them eligible for cancellation. It will go to 54,000 borrowers who are enrolled in Biden’s new income-driven repayment plan, along with 39,000 enrolled in earlier income-driven plans, and about 67,000 who are eligible through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
You got down voted because of the unnecessary shiftiness, but you did bring up what seems like a good point. $7.7b seems like WAY too high a number for 160k loads, since that would equal $481k per person on average.
I downvoted him because his math was wrong. It’s $48k.
Shit, I thought so too, then I did the math again, and got a the 480k answer. But I used 77 billion, because I am a dope.