The Cost of Elizabeth Warren’s Student-Loan Plan

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Making the click-through worthwhile: In the aftermath of Elizabeth Warren’s proposal to have the government pay for everyone’s student-loan debt, there’s an even bigger and bolder proposal to cover something else; Joe Biden is still close to jumping in but not quite there and some questions about suburban Democrats and Bernie Sanders.

You Think Government Paying Off All Student Loans Is a Big Idea? Try This One . . . 

My fellow Americans,

Yesterday my rival for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, Elizabeth Warren, recently proposed wiping out all of the student-loan debt for 75 percent of borrowers, at cost to taxpayers of ... Read More

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