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A view of the U.S. Capitol before a news conference to discuss student debt cancellation on Sept. 29, 2022.
  • New Education Department data suggested Biden's student-debt relief would benefit the lowest earners the most.
  • It said that 81% of all applications received came from the bottom 80% of Congressional districts by average income.
  • Republicans have frequently argued that broad relief would go to the highest earners.

You've probably heard this argument before: student-loan forgiveness is regressive and benefits the highest earners.

Well, new data may undermine that idea.