Dems Must Pair Student-Debt Forgiveness With $15 Minimum Wage, Vox Writer Says
Plan would not pay out proportionately to least-well-off workers
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Democrats see student-debt forgiveness as a major priority for Joe Biden's first day in office, even though the policy would move vast wealth from the poor to the rich. One
Vox writer has a solution: Give minimum-wage workers a little boost too.
Noting that the proposal to forgive up to $50,000 in student debt is far more popular with those with debt than those without,
Vox business writer Emily Stewart suggested in a recent article that Democrats could pair it "with an action that would benefit non-college-educated people, such as requiring federal contractors to pay a $15 minimum wage."