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\nIn October, A. Wayne Johnson \u2014 one of the Trump administration\u2019s senior student loan officials \u2014 announced his resignation, calling the federal student loan system \u201cfundamentally broken.\u201d He then proposed the government should forgive most outstanding student debt and terminate the student loan program. Dr. Johnson makes this case as a conservative and long-time Republican, and he joined this week’s edition of Banter to discuss his plan with three skeptical hosts.
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\nDr. A. Wayne Johnson was appointed the Chief Operating Officer of Federal Student Aid in 2017 and resigned earlier this year. He is the Founder, Chairman, and former CEO of First Performance Corporation, a global payment card technology platform company. Dr. Johnson\u2019s business experience includes working as a senior executive with TSYS, First Data, VISA, Deloitte, and as Chief Executive Officer for companies in both the banking and information processing sectors. A native of Macon, Georgia, Dr. Johnson holds a PhD and a Bachelor\u2019s Degree from Mercer University, and an MBA from Emory University.
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\nYou can subscribe to \u201cBanter\u201d on iTunes, Stitcher, or the podcast player of your choice, and archived episodes can be found at www.aei.org/tag/aei-banter. This is Banter episode #390.
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\nJason Delisle interviews A. Wayne Johnson at AEI
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\nThe Wall Street Journal’s coverage of his resignation