Here's how the Democratic presidential candidates plan to address the student debt crisis (via CNBCMakeIt)
Democratic presidential hopefuls Former US Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., US Senator for Vermont Bernie Sanders and US Senator for California Kamala Harris arrive on stage for the second Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, June 27, 2019.$1.6 trillion in outstanding student debt in the United States.
These massive numbers have come to the forefront in the run up to the 2020 presidential election, as candidates propose their own ways to ease the burden of student loans. With the second round of Democratic primary debates to take place in Detroit this week, you can expect the issue of student debt to make an appearance.Comprehensive debt forgiveness
Only one candidate has introduced a plan to completely eliminate all $1.6 trillion of outstanding student debt: Bernie Sanders. The Vermont senator proposed funding his
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