Seniors Demand Student Debt Relief

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"The only comprehensive student debt relief plan that the federal government offers right now is death," says Debt Collective member

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Borrowers over 50 are the fastest-growing demographic of student debtors.

They are calling on the Biden-Harris administration to take advantage of federal regulations that empower the Department of Education to cancel debt based on age.

"Death is not a relief plan," Debt Collective member Maddie Clifford said.

Gail Gardner , 77 , is 77 years old and owes $ 549,497.20 .

She is urging Biden-Harris administration "to work as fast and as hard as Republicans are working to keep us in debt" Gardner: "For decades , millions of older debtors have crouched in shame, imagining ourselves as failures".

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