Student Debt Will Rise to Pre-Cancellation Levels in Less Than a Decade, Budget Group Says

Student Debt Will Rise to Pre-Cancellation Levels in Less Than a Decade, Budget Group Says
President Joe Biden announces student loan relief in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Aug. 24, 2022. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
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It will take less than a decade for student loan debt to return to the level it was at before President Joe Biden canceled nearly half a trillion dollars of the debt at taxpayer’s expense, a new report from a leading budget group says.

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) released the analysis. They estimate that Biden’s debt cancellation of $10,000 per borrower and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients will cost the federal government between $440 billion and $600 billion.

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