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[–] remington 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wish I could have had this! It took me 21 years to pay off my student debt and it was a HUGE burden.

[–] alyaza 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

estimates are in now that this wipes out 20 million people's debt, and impacts another 27 million people, which is crazy. that's a ton of people who will be out from underneath this

[–] remington 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That should bolster the economy as well, right?

[–] alyaza 4 points 2 years ago

almost certainly yeah. this frees a lot of money that otherwise goes to monthly payments to go toward literally anything else.