Point/counterpoint: Student debt - Repaying debt difficult, but right thing to do
Neal McCluskey
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If you lent someone money to start a business that made big bucks, you would expect to be repaid, right? You took a risk and the borrower profited. Federal student lending is kind of like that, only you did not choose to lend, and now there is a movement to let the borrower just keep the money through presidential decree, no less.
Sens. Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren are leading a call for the incoming Joe Biden administration to cancel huge amounts of federal student debt, which is close to all student debt since the federal government read: the taxpayer is by far the biggest supplier of student loans. Schumer and Warren have sponsored a resolution calling for up to $50,000 in loan cancellation for an open-ended number of federal student debtors, though Schumer has subsequently mentioned capping eligibility at income of $125,000, which would exclude onl
Once in office, should President-elect Joe Biden cancel student debt?
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CON: Canceling student debt by presidential decree is wrong on many levels | Opinion
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Stephane De Sakutin
Retail investing that is individuals trading outside of big money Wall Street firms is shaking up the stock market and becoming more popular.
Wall Street usually calls retail investors dumb money, bit it s time to put the derogatory name to rest if only because retail investors have proven to be smarter than Wall Street in many cases.
The rise of individual investing is a good thing and should be supported, not cracked down on with new regulation.
Increasing education for retail investors is better than trying to hold back their ability to do what they want with their money.