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CMV:If you are in student debt you should have to pay it

So this isn’t a view I’m 100% certain so if i get a well backed up response it should be fairly simple to change my view. Basically despite considering myself fairly left wing I don’t understand the American lefts obsession with student debt. In my view if you pay for a service, in this case higher education, you should actually pay for it.

From a left wing perspective, I feel the Joe Biden should be spending money on the truly disenfranchised and poorest in our society by providing social systems and lowering poorer Americans tax rates or trying to solve the multiple problems with US police force. Student debt seems to me quite low down on the list of worst things happening in the US at the minute, and the government should be spending more money on the poverty and problem stricken areas of society.
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I think deferred student debt isn’t so much about avoiding paying for a service received, but about keeping the population reasonably well educated, and in various different fields. 

I think there are a few reasons we would probably all be worse off if student debt couldn’t be deferred (in no particular order). 

1. Low income students wouldn’t study risky fields - like science, music, philosophy, politics, history. We could lose out on great minds and innovations simply because they were too poor. 

2. Universities would lose students to some subjects and may not be able to teach them anymore due to funding constraints 

3. The population would be less educated, leading to more skilled immigration. Which is fine, except the citizens who would have studied are now undereducated and in lower paying roles. Over time many will become unemployed as demand for low education roles falls below supply. 

4. If they had to pay straight away, many young people would be well below the poverty line and may be unable to complete their studies. This could also lead to increased social issues in this cohort.