STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN TO MAKE 36 MILLION BORROWERS DEBT-FREE
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STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN TO MAKE 36 MILLION BORROWERS DEBT-FREE
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- The Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer of New York, along with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and other Democrats on Thursday put forward a resolution calling on President Joe Biden to forgive $50,000 in student debt for all borrowers.
- The plan would cancel all of the debt for 80% of federal student loan borrowers.
- Women and people of color would be among the biggest winners. . . .
The Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer of New York, along with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and other Democratic legislators on Thursday, reintroduced a resolution again calling on the White House to forgive $50,000 in student debt for all borrowers by executive action.
“During a time of historic and overlapping crises, which are disproportionately impacting communities of color, we must do everything in our power to deliver real relief to the American people, lift up our struggling economy and close the racial wealth gap,” Schumer said in a statement.
“Democrats are committed to big, bold action, and this resolution to cancel up to $50,000 in federal student loan debt is one of the strongest steps the president can take to achieve these goals.” . . .
Although Biden has expressed hesitation about canceling student debt through executive action, and didn’t include any debt forgiveness in his outline for another $1.9 trillion Covid stimulus package, he is under mounting pressure from members of his own party to take action. . . .
Tens of millions of borrowers are also looking to the new president to ease some of their debt burden. On the campaign trail, Biden vowed to forgive some of their loans. Around 3 in 4 Americans support $10,000 in student loan forgiveness, according to the latest College Investor survey.
“We took to heart his promise to make it a core priority,” said Nate Wlodarchak, 37, a Denver-area scientist who studies tuberculosis and owes around $12,000.
Here’s who would benefit the most from $50,000 in student loan forgiveness.
The numbers
Canceling $50,000 for all borrowers would shrink the country’s outstanding student loan debt balance to $700 billion from $1.7 trillion.
The plan would forgive all of the debt for 80% of federal student loan borrowers, or 36 million people, according to higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz. . . .
The plan would also not help borrowers with private student loans.
Those hit by Covid-19
Advocates say forgiving student debt is a crucial part of any meaningful response to the coronavirus pandemic, pointing out that borrowers were already struggling prior to the crisis. . . .
Now around 90% of federal student loan borrowers have accepted the government’s offer to put their monthly payments on pause during the pandemic. . . .
And in a recent Pew survey, 6 in 10 borrowers said it would be difficult for them to start paying their student loan bills again. . . .
Women
Women borrowers would greatly benefit from the proposal.
That’s because women owe around two-thirds of the country’s outstanding student loan debt, according to the American Association of University Women.
White women student loan borrowers owe an average of $31,300, compared with $29,900 for White male borrowers. Meanwhile, Black women borrowers owe an average of $37,600, versus $35,700 for Black male borrowers.
People of color
Black and Latino Americans would also be among the biggest winners from the proposal.
Nearly 85% of Black bachelor’s degree recipients carry student debt, compared with 69% of White bachelor’s degree recipients, according to the Center for Responsible Lending.
And around 38% of Black students who entered college in 2004 had defaulted on their student loans within 12 years — a rate three times higher than their White counterparts. . . .
(Excerpt from CNBC. Article by Annie Nova. Photo by Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images)
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