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Biden administration forgives $39 billion in student debt for more than 800,000 borrowers (www.cnbc.com)
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[โ€“] Varcour@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Forgiving student debt for 804k people costs 39 billion? So on average they owed 45,5 million in student debts? Like... what? How?

[โ€“] PRIMALmarauder 2 points 1 year ago

I think you accidentally mathed 39 trillion. That or divided 39 billion by 804 instead of 804k.

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