Student Loan Forgiveness Must Be Guided by Common Sense

Student Loan Forgiveness Must Be Guided by Common Sense
(Delcia Lopez/The Monitor via AP)

Despite a strong economy, and the greatest employment recovery in the history of the United States, and showing steadfast resilience against Russian aggression in Ukraine, President Joe Biden’s polling numbers continue to plummet. Democrats are prognosticating inside the White House and on Capitol Hill about why this is happening, but in my opinion, it’s obvious: All too often President Biden’s priorities are not the same as the American people’s.

This is because the White House has taken a sharp left political turn, prioritizing issues popular with “woke” coastal elites, but that do not address the everyday problems most Americans struggle with, including crime, inflation, and access to affordable healthcare and childcare.

One topic that is popular with the far-Left is forgiving college debt. To be clear, I also believe that high loads of educational debt for millions of Americans is problematic. Some of the rules surrounding these loans – such as that the debt can even survive after the death of the student – have created a system that is ripe for reform.

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