Hillary doing a Facebook Q&A this afternoon.

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12. student debt

Nate Hill Secretary Clinton,

So many students, like myself, watch our student debt grow, and grow, and grow. I have so much debt and although I do pay every month, I'll be dead for decades before it could ever possibly be paid off. ...See More
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Hillary Clinton Nate, I am so sorry and angry about the situation you and so many young people find yourselves in. I borrowed money to go to law school, but I had the opportunity to pay it back as a percentage of my income over the years it took me to pay off. It's wrong that you and others who are trying to improve your education and opportunities for the future are anchored by debt that's often linked to unreasonably high interest rates. I'll be putting forward specific proposals to refinance debt so it becomes more affordable, encourage more people to use income contingency repayment program so you are paying back as a percentage of what you actually earn, to try to make college more affordable to start with so that students today and tomorrow don't end up with the amount of debt you and 40 million other Americans currently have. This is one of my biggest economic and educational priorities and I will be addressing it from the first day I become president. -H