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“The parent is the borrower and is responsible for paying back the loan,” the student-loan lender says.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Borrowers only receive forgiveness if they are low-income for many years, and high-earners end up paying back the entirety of their loans.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

When consumers are working, they are spending, saving and paying back their loans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

"If they came down to see them working and see what they do. They are paying back to the community for the crimes they have committed," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2025

The impossible debt of paying back the vuvv for fake fifties romance—thousands.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson




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