He says he was still paying off his student loans while serving as a Cabinet member. President Biden should use his executive authority to unilaterally cancel student debt for each borrower. I was still paying off my own student loans while serving as US Secretary of Education for President Obama. Some have argued that it would be odd to cancel student debt retroactively without solving the problem going forward. Republican A. Wayne Johnson, former Federal Student Aid chief, proposed canceling up to $50,000 of student debt for each borrower.

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