Alí R. Bustamante, Ph.D. Profile picture
Driving a fair and just economy forward Labor policy/economics expert and problem solver @RooseveltInst & @UofNO
Aug 23, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
Takeaways from working on student debt cancellation during the past year:
-It is fair
-It promotes economic security
-It narrows racial wealth disparities
-It does not preclude other public welfare improvements
-It does not increased inflation
A🧵explainer on #CancelStudentDebt It is fair. It was wrong for the gov’t to shift its responsibility to fund higher education onto students and their families. Public colleges used to be free or have low-cost tuition before gov’t cut funding.