EDUCATION/JOE BIDEN/STUDENT LOANS: “I think we should have free community college, cutting in half the cost of a college education. Everything below from high school to two years of community college should be free, including trade school. We can afford to do that quickly, and we can get it done.
I believe we can forgive a significant portion of the student debt by reducing from 5 percent — 10 percent to 5 percent the payback rate now. And in addition to that, if you engage in public service, you, in fact, can have $10,000 a year debt removed from — taken off the books, and for five years. The average indebtedness is about $38,000. We can do that.”
-Joe Biden, “Former VP and Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Speaks at a Town Hall,” cnn.com, Nov. 11, 2019