President Obama: Forgive Student Loan Debt

President Obama: Forgive Student Loan Debt

President Obama: Forgive Student Loan Debt

This one move by the White House could stimulate the economy and usher in a new era of innovation, entrepreneurship and prosperity.

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Forgiving student loan debt would provide an immediate jolt to the economy by putting hundreds and, in some cases, thousands of extra dollars into the hands of people who will spend it – not just once, but each and every month thereafter – freeing them up to invest, buy homes, start businesses and families. This past year, total student loan debt finally surpassed total credit card debt in America, and is on track to exceed one trilion dollars within the next year. Student loans themselves are responsible for tuition rates that have soared by 439 percent since 1982 and for saddling entire generations of educated Americans with intractable levels of student loan debt from which there is, seemingly, no escape. Relieve them of this burden and the middle class will help rebuild this economy from the bottom-up.

We encourage all StudentNation readers to sign on to the call by the non-profit group We The People to petition the Obama Administration to "Forgive Student Loan Debt to Stimulate the Economy and Usher in a New Era of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Prosperity."

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