- The White House announced another $7.4B in student loan debt canceled Friday
- 4.3 million student loan borrowers have had debt canceled since President Biden took office
According to Marc Goldwein, senior policy director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, no one is immediately going to see their taxes go up due to the president's largesse.
However, it will impact the public in multiple ways because it is effectively shifting the debt of individuals on to the nation.
'We're increasing federal borrowing to essentially reduce personal borrowing for student debt,' Goldwein told DailyMail.com.
He said while the Biden administration has announced cutting $153 billion in student debt, the real figure is much higher.
Factoring in the debt that will be canceled moving forward, and the interest canceled while repayments were paused during the pandemic, the total amount being forgiven is closer to $600 billion.
Wiping out such a large amount of student loan debt could have several effects including pushing up demand, leading to
inflation.
The cost would therefore be spread out to everybody else through higher prices.
Over time, the move would force the U.S. to issue more bonds, and more people will buy those bonds instead of investing the the private sector.
'Americans will feel the cost upfront through slightly higher prices, and over time with slightly lower future incomes,' Goldwein explained.