Beth Akers
@DrBethAkers
Author of Making College Pay. PhD economics. Expert on higher ed. @AEI formerly @manhattaninst @Brookings @WhiteHouseCEA.
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https://www.amazon.com/Making-College-Pay-Economist-Education/dp/0593238532 20-08-2012 18:01:13
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'This whole effort is a naked attempt to forgive as much debt as possible before the courts have a chance to strike down the program as unconstitutional.' Beth Akers & Michael Brickman AEI Education @AEI aei.org/education/bide…
'Brushing aside the airy vision—as well as the pomp and circumstance—this whole effort is a naked attempt to forgive as much debt as possible before the courts have a chance to strike down the program as unconstitutional.'
Beth Akers and Michael Brickman:
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“Only the federal government could devise a predatory loan that loses money.”
- American Enterprise Institute’s Michael Brickman e-mails with the most telling take on this entire, years-long debacle
I'll be on CSPAN Washington Journal tomorrow from 8-9 to talk student loan cancellation. Tune in! Washington Journal
I’m sure some of these dollars will eventually trickle down to those folks, Melissa S. Kearney. Don’t worry.
Reminder that 'the banks' have not made federal student loans since 2010, and bank-originated federal loans were not eligible for the original one-time cancellation plan or the SAVE plan. Begging cable news producers to do some basic fact-checking. Community Notes