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On the heels of #studentloanforgiveness in the US, I did some research on the #freetuition movement being pushed by leftist politicians here in Canada, and unearthed a lot of interesting facts. #cdnpoli

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The average debt owed by Canadian university students upon graduation at both the bachelor's and master's level is $28,000.

For grads with a doctorate, the average is $33,000 of debt. (source: www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.…)

Despite the @NDP's website stating: "Young people shouldn’t start out with a mountain of debt," each Canadian's individual share of *government debt* is greater than the average debt of a graduating doctoral student! ndp.ca/student-debt

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Becky

@bdrhoads9

I've been dutifully submitting documents to the Public Student Loan Forgiveness Program #PSLF office since I began my career in #publicservice as an audiologist for #VA in 2009. My first🧵...

As an A+++ personality, I read ALL the instructions. I consolidated my loans and my payments as instructed. I submitted my Certification of Employment paperwork every year beginning 2010

Back then, there was no tracking system, so I made one. I was counting my payments, ticking off progress to #120. In 2012, I was told, for the first time, that I had not read the fine print carefully enough

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GAVNet

@GAValueNetwork