Why paying off your student loans won't get easier anytime soon

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
Animation of a person wading through student debt

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Greg Ogden, a 65-year-old therapist with a $25,000 student-loan balance, never anticipated he would still be paying off today the loans he took out in 1993.

Screw it, I solved the student debt forgiveness debate

Tech Insider : Politics, Economy
Sen. Schumer, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Rep. Ilhan Omar, And Rep. Mondaire Jones
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a press conference held to celebrate U.S. President Joe Biden cancelling student debt on Capitol Hill on September 29, 2022 in Washington, DC.

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‘I’ve had this black cloud looming over me’: How private lenders have left millions of college students with no hope for the future

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A small piggy bank is surrounded by a hurricane of student loan papers, unable to escape.
Despite the political fight over student-loan forgiveness, people with private student debt are stuck with predatory loan terms they can't escape.

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