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Advocating For Student Loan Forgiveness, AOC Highlights Key Obstacle To American Progress And Democracy
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been one of the most vociferous and articulate advocates for student loan forgiveness, repeatedly pushing the Biden administration to make a big and bold move when it comes to its campaign promise to address the $1.7 trillion student debt crisis financially crippling many Americans and stifling the economy.
She has warned against actions whispered about that would forgive up to $10,000 in student debt, insisting that such a paltry and effectively inconsequential amount would anger both critics and advocates alike and constitute mere lip service to an otherwise substantial and potentially transformative platform of Biden’s campaign.
Indeed, Ocasio-Cortez, in discussing the issue of forgiving student loans, underlines just how transformative Biden’s pending action can potentially be not just for the American economy but for American culture, society, and democracy, if executed in a bold and thorough way that fully addresses the crisis not just in economic terms but in terms of American values overall.
Her commentary has sought to transform — and indeed, rectify — the way many Americans understand their self-interests in very narrow ways and determine, generally to their own…
