Why Student Debt Is So Hard to Forgive

Name: Why Student Debt Is So Hard to Forgive
Uploaded: 2022-02-10T22:09:36
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Description: Americans are currently burdened with about 1.57 trillion dollars of student debt, and that number is climbing rapidly. For many, a lifetime of debt has become the painful reality of life in the United States. Why? What happened to make this country, and this economic system, so addicted to debt? Support Second Thought on Patreon.

Americans are currently burdened with about 1.57 trillion dollars of student debt, and that number is climbing rapidly. For many, a lifetime of debt has become the painful reality of life in the United States. Why? What happened to make this country, and this economic system, so addicted to debt?

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