3 Key Facts Everyone Is Missing About Biden’s Student Loan Debt Relief

Jeffrey Goodman
7 min readAug 29, 2022

There is so little “big picture” perspective on Biden’s student loan debt relieve and so much hyperventilation. Let’s fix that.

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Roadmap for this article

  1. Is it UNFAIR that this student loan debt relief won’t go to everyone carrying student debt or to those who have already paid off their own student loans?
  2. Is it DUMB to provide student loan debt relief before we fix the underlying problem of colleges and universities dramatically overcharging for the education they deliver?

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Jeffrey Goodman
Jeffrey Goodman

Written by Jeffrey Goodman

Navigating facts and numbers to help people. Strong opinions on climate change and healthcare. Objective, not neutral. MIT engineer, Wharton MBA.