So should I just not be paying my student loans now? If dems win this senate runoff loans would for sure be canceled to an extent? I want to use this period of interest free payments but also don’t want to pay if I don’t have to..

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I would not count on loans being forgiven until it actually happens

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Campaign promises don't always become realities. They may prioritize additional stimulus payments over student loan reductions and consider that killing two birds with one stone.

Also note Trump, Obama, and Clinton lost the house at the first midterm, so Biden may only have two years to push through their agenda and/or take a more moderate approach to try to break this trend.

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I haven’t been paying my student loans since March because of stimulus plan. Since they don’t accrue interest during this period the money is being used for investing.

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I’m sure Chuck Schumer will try to push this through but there will definitely be income limits. And it most likely will not be over $50k.

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I’m doing minimum payments when required. Hopefully we will know soon if they are pursuing this

There’s likely specific cases that will get funds which consultant types probably don’t qualify for but I’m just paying minimum in case something unexpected happens. Federal loans have a low rate when not at 0% due to covid

here's a wacky thought - when you took the loan you promised to pay it back - so pay it back

So when federal student debt is cancelled you’re gonna say no thank you?

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I would be pretty shocked if loans were completely forgiven. If anything it seems more likely a percentage or fixed amount of your loan may be forgiven, but even that is being optimistic most likely.

I’m personally just paying in a little bit right now to take advantage of no interest, but putting more in investments.

Biden has said multiple times he supports loan forgiveness as a legislative solution and not by executive order. Given that - I think he strongly believes the whole system needs to be reformed through Congress - otherwise we're going to be back here in 10 years with the next generation of kids if he just EOs mass forgiveness.

I'd expect Biden to continue 0% interest and a suspension of payments for at least the next 18 months by EO but I don't believe he will ever get forgiveness through Congress.

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