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Student Debt Relief Shows Why All Politics Is Now an Inflation Debate

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Student Loan Forgiveness - What Is It All About?

Every dollar spent on student loan relief is a dollar that could have gone to support those who don't get the opportunity to go to college. Student loan debt relief is spending that raises demand and increases inflation. The worst idea would be a continuation of the current moratorium that benefits, among others, highly paid surgeons, lawyers and investment bankers. If relief is to be given, it should not set any precedent. It should only be given for the first few thousand dollars of debt and for those with genuinely middle class incomes.

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