Student Loan Crisis Category
Misunderstanding Student Debt
Posted on August 21, 2022 Leave a Comment
This is a copy of an email sent to Politics War Room in response to the hosts discussion of student loan debt and proposals to cancel some or part of it. Politics War Room, “Revisionist History: The Triplicate Program and Opioid Epidemic”, July 10, 2022. Hello Al and James, I have to reply to your […]
Student Loan Debt Crisis: Cancel Debt
Posted on January 31, 2021 Leave a Comment
Summary Comprehensive student loan relief corrects past policy errors. This is an economic issue. Education is a public good. Over the last 50 years, policy priorities reduced public funding for education. Reduced public funding put more cost burden on students. Public opinion and policy makers leaned on retrenchment to cut perceived “waste” and inefficiency in […]
W. Shane Schmidt 