As the country inches closer to the November elections amid the coronavirus pandemic, Democratic candidate Joe Biden has emphasized his plan to address the student debt crisis.
Biden’s presidential campaign released a document Wednesday that took into account policy recommendations proposed by its joint task forces, including from supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Then 110-page document — which involved six joint task forces — runs the gamut on issues as varied as climate change, raising the minimum wage, and student loan debt.
On student debt, the Biden-Sanders team met in the middle on the idea of debt cancellation. (During his campaign, Sanders proposed to eliminate all student debt).
“Roughly six in 10 jobs require at least some education beyond high school, and yet the ever-rising cost of college tuition and fees leaves higher education out of reach—or saddles students with a lifetime of debt,” the document stated.