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Student debt: Obama gets it, Romney and Gingrich don't

Forbes Magazine - Opinion Piece

January 27, 2012

This isn't the first time Obama has used the State of the Union platform to draw attention to college affordability and student debt but I noticed two major differences in his latest speech: (1) the president's rhetoric has become decidedly stronger and (2) he drew a direct line from the personal burden of student debt to the more abstract concept of long-term economic competitiveness. Obama is painting the issue as not just good social policy but fundamental economics.

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