Last week, the Biden Administration put forth a plan to forgive at least $10,000 of student loan debt to those making less than $125,000. It's controversial to say the least and a recent Time Magazine commentary by William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove put forth the notion that debt forgiveness is Christian and is what Jesus would do. Lawrence Reed of the Stream disagreed with that notion and Gus reads and reflects on his article. He then takes it to the listeners and asks them if forgiveness billions of dollars of student debt, which will be transferred to the taxpayer, is what Jesus would want us to do.
Later, Gus does a Catholic news roundup, which includes a Connecticut elementary school assistant principal being caught on tape saying he won't hire Catholics, the Indiana Supreme Court siding with the Archdiocese of Indianapolis in their dismissal of a teacher involved in a same-sex marriage and the USDA begrudgingly exempting religious schools from an LGBTQ+ rule that threatened a school lunch program.
And Bob Dunning calls in for the first time this season to talk some college football. He and Gus pick winners of this weekend's biggest matchups.
https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/student-loan-debt-and-aggregate-consumption-growth-20180221.htm
This graph aligns to education federal requirements under no child left behind and number of student loan debt
I agree people should be held to the debt they acquire, but I do not agree that schools promoted student debt to meet federal requirements under no child left behind which has been revoked.
Many people forget the number of students who took out student loan were encouraged by their schools to support their accountability rating under no child left behind which was a federal mandate.
In terms of student loan forgiveness I think many people are missing the point of what educators ( I was one of them) were required to promote to our students under the thousand points of light that all students were to attend college. Unfortunately students were told their only access to college was via student loans. They were given much misinformation and are suffering from their guidance from the educators they trusted as directed from the federal government.