Political Rewind: Can Georgians get relief from student loan debt? ; Kemp to testify in Fulton probe
Monday on Political Rewind:\xa0We\u2019re answering your questions about student loans. Many of you left us voicemails before the show. We\u2019ll tackle what it means for students, parents and borrowers. We\u2019ll also answer what it means for Georgia politics\xa0if President Biden erases the debt. But first, the AJC's Patricia Murphy fills us in the on latest in the Fulton County probe.\xa0\n\nThe panel: \nDavid Schaefer,\xa0@BlancoBlau, research director, Georgia Budget & Policy Institute\nEric Sturgis, @EScoopStirgus, education editor,\xa0The Atlanta-Journal Constitution\xa0\nMaria Lumpkin,\xa0@mariaarvelo\xa0, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives & Chief Transformation Director,\xa0Stillman College\nPatricia Murphy,\xa0@MurphyAJC, columnist, The Atlanta-Journal Constitution\xa0\n\nTimestamps\n0:00 - Introduction\n0:45 - Gov. Brian Kemp is submitting videotaped testimony to the Fulton County special grand jury investigating interference in the 2020 election.\n3:00 - Georgia residents hold more than $68 billion dollars in student loan debt.\n16:00 - Student loan debt forgiveness has become a talking point in upcoming elections.\n20:00 - Student loans have disparate effects on borrowers based on factors like race and socioeconomic class.\n30:00 - The Fed is preparing to raise interest rates tomorrow.\n32:00 - Rep. Drew Ferguson introduced a bill to bar the Biden administration from forgiving student loan debt, one of the president's largest campaign promises.\n43:00 - Proposed alternatives to student loan debt\n\nPlease be sure to download our newsletter: www.gpb.org/newsletters. And subscribe, follow and rate this show wherever podcasts are found.