"Her basic message is that our entire system of financing college for the past 30 or so years has been a mistake, one that has led to higher tuition costs and saddled millennials with debt that's left them poorer, measured by wealth, than previous generations, while possibly hurting the broader economy by lowering home ownership. The idea is that we need to clear the slate and start over, while 'making sure nothing like this ever happens again,' as she put it in a blog post. In other words, she's pitching a collegiate new deal."
Jordan Weissmann at Slate argues that "Elizabeth Warren's Plan to Forgive Student Debt Is Smart Politics and Decent Policy."
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