How Does Student Loan Debt Shape Your Life?

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Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

President Biden is weighing proposals to cancel some student loan debt, which in the aggregate totals more than $1.7 trillion – a record high figure that outpaces the nation’s collective credit card debt. We’ll talk about who’s most likely to shoulder student loans and hear from those who’ve been grappling with them. And we’ll hear from you: How have student loans affected your life? Would you be doing something different if you didn't have education debt? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.3	From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim. Coming up on forum, America's collective student loan debt totals more than $1.5 trillion,
0:59.0	a record figure that's higher than the nation's collective credit card debt.
1:04.0	President Biden is weighing proposals to cancel some of that debt.
1:08.0	We'll look at the impact of both carrying that burden and the effect
1:11.4	the pause on federal payments since March 2020 has had. And we'd like to hear from you,
1:16.9	how has education debt affected your life? What choices have you made because of your student loans?
1:22.8	Join us. Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. In the wake of the horrific massacre of 19 children and two teachers in Uvaldi, Texas,
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