Summary
Student loan borrowers fear worsened conditions under Donald Trump, who has criticized debt relief and oversaw a 99% rejection rate for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) during his first term.
Many borrowers remain in limbo awaiting forgiveness, while others struggle with ballooning debt despite decades of payments.
Borrowers expect Trump to scale back or eliminate relief programs initiated by Joe Biden, which have forgiven $166.5 billion in loans.
Critics highlight flaws in the existing system, calling it a “nightmare” for those seeking relief.
That’s to be expected.
IMHO direct interest issues and pure ideology issues should be equally present.
When stats show such a close alignment of position with direct interest issues, but not so much with ideology, it means things suck and can ultimately devolve into something like Lebanese politics (without bombs). Or devolve from imperfect two-party democracy into something like early 00s Russia.