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Why You Shouldn't Make Monthly Payments on Your Paused Student Loan (Even If You Can)

If you live with student loans, you’ve likely been paying close attention to our government’s ongoing debates about enacting public student loan forgiveness—to the tune of $50,000, $10,000, or none at all. The context is familiar: the average American student loan debt hovers around $30,000, and was a repayment crisis loomed even before the COVID-19 pandemic sent many younger Americans into a fina