It’s here! It’s finally here! Today we review our predictions for student debt relief and square them with Biden’s proposed plan. There’s a lot to like about the announcement, several unanswered questions and some gaping holes in the plan going forward. Max breaks down the politics, the details and biggest misses of the Biden student debt relief plan and why it’s in danger of being PITOTWIU.

Resources

The Balance: How Much Trump's Tax Cuts Cost the Government

World Population Review: Average Family Income 2022

PBS NewsHour: President Biden announces decision on student debt forgiveness

Committee For a Responsible Federal Budget: New Student Debt Changes Will Cost Half a Trillion Dollars

Penn Wharton Budget Model: The Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Plan: Budgetary Costs and Distributional Impact

Josh Mitchell: The Debt Trap: How Student Loans Became a National Catastrophe

UNFTR Episode Resources

Student Debt.

Modern Monetary Theory.

Corporate (Ir)Responsibility (Part I) and (Part II).

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Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic."

It’s here! It’s finally here! Today we review our predictions for student debt relief and square them with Biden’s proposed plan. There’s a lot to like about the announcement, several unanswered questions and some gaping holes in the plan going forward. Max breaks down the politics, the details and biggest misses of the Biden student debt relief plan and why it’s in danger of being PITOTWIU.
Resources
The Balance: <a href="https://www.thebalance.com/cost-of-trump-tax-cuts-4586645">How Much Trump's Tax Cuts Cost the Government</a>
World Population Review: <a href="https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/average-family-income">Average Family Income 2022</a>
PBS NewsHour: <a href="https://youtu.be/tdiuU3J-EI0?t=562">President Biden announces decision on student debt forgiveness</a>
Committee For a Responsible Federal Budget: <a href="https://www.crfb.org/blogs/new-student-debt-changes-will-cost-half-trillion-dollars">New Student Debt Changes Will Cost Half a Trillion Dollars</a>
Penn Wharton Budget Model: <a href="https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2022/8/26/biden-student-loan-forgiveness">The Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Plan: Budgetary Costs and Distributional Impact</a>
Josh Mitchell: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9781501199479">The Debt Trap: How Student Loans Became a National Catastrophe</a>
UNFTR Episode Resources
<a href="https://www.unftr.com/episodes/unftr60?hsLang=en">Student Debt.</a>
<a href="https://www.unftr.com/episodes/unftr26?hsLang=en">Modern Monetary Theory.</a>
Corporate (Ir)Responsibility <a href="https://www.unftr.com/episodes/unftr18?hsLang=en">(Part I)</a> and <a href="https://www.unftr.com/episodes/unftr19?hsLang=en">(Part II).</a>
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Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic."

Unf*cking The Republic® (UNFTR) is a series of audio essays on the grand American experiment lovingly curated and presented by a quasi-anonymous political writer. 

Each essay reflects on a singular topic that is generally misunderstood or purposely obfuscated by the so-called “powers that be.” As we know, history is written by the victors and can be perilously manufactured to favor destructive world views. These views become intractably ingrained in the public consciousness and pervert public policy, oftentimes with horrific results. 

As of this podcast’s founding, we find ourselves living in a true kakistocracy. The disconnect between what we believe and what is actually happening below the surface or in plain sight is where this podcast lives. 

Together we’ll upend conventional wisdom, blow up narratives on the left, right and center and use magical devices like facts, logic and reason to explain how exactly we arrived in bizarro America, the funhouse mirror version of what was originally intended. #UNFTR

Unf*cking The Republic® (UNFTR) is a series of audio essays on the grand American experiment lovingly curated and presented by a quasi-anonymous political writer. 
Each essay reflects on a singular topic that is generally misunderstood or purposely obfuscated by the so-called “powers that be.” As we know, history is written by the victors and can be perilously manufactured to favor destructive world views. These views become intractably ingrained in the public consciousness and pervert public policy, oftentimes with horrific results. 
As of this podcast’s founding, we find ourselves living in a true kakistocracy. The disconnect between what we believe and what is actually happening below the surface or in plain sight is where this podcast lives. 
Together we’ll upend conventional wisdom, blow up narratives on the left, right and center and use magical devices like facts, logic and reason to explain how exactly we arrived in bizarro America, the funhouse mirror version of what was originally intended. #UNFTR

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