How to fix the student loan crisis NOW!! Let’s get creative. Need Action TODAY
Stats/Facts:
Total Student Loan Debt: $1.56 trillion
Total U.S. Borrowers With Student Loan Debt: 44.7 million
Average Student Loan Debt: $32,731
Average Student Loan Payment: $393
(Source: As of 3Q 2019, Federal Reserve & New York Federal Reserve)
How to solve this:
Step 1: Issue $1.5 trillion in 30 year treasury bonds at 1.75% (as 3/19)
Step 2: Refinance all debt at 2.5% over 29 years & delay current payments
until 4/1/2021
Results:
- US government earns 0.75% spread = $11.250 B
- Students: no payments for one year (until 4/1/2021)
- Students: Avg Monthly Payment would decline: from $393 to $135
- Economic Benefits: Annual Payments decline from approximately
- $210 billion to $70 billion (this decline of $140 billion annually would continue to stimulate the economy for the next 30 years)
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