Business /08 Jun 2017
During his presidential campaign last year, Donald Trump outlined ideas to help students dig out from underneath their educational debt load.
Student debt has skyrocketed to a record $1.4 trillion, with many of those borrowers in default. Many economists believe this is acting as an anchor on the U.S. economy as people with high amounts of educational debt put off buying homes, vehicles and other big-ticket items.
Students should not be asked to pay more on the debt than they can afford, Trump said on the campaign trail in October 2016. And the debt should not be an albatross around their necks for the rest of their lives.
To help students, Trump said he would introduc…
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