As Democrats weigh extreme plans to wipe out billions of dollars in student loan debt, the one cost they aren't counting is the cost to national security. Analysts, financial experts, and pollsters have weighed the economic, social, and political costs of these plans ad nauseam. But these actions could also directly undermine the military's most effective recruiting tool, the GI Bill, at a time when the Department of Defense is already struggling with recruitment. Mass student loan forgiveness is the wrong move at the wrong time, and it could have lasting negative impacts on national security.
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