The industry warnings are urgent and often dire: The housing market could stall. Marriages are being postponed. Workers wont have the savings to retire. The nations food supply will be disrupted.
They point to one threat: soaring student debt.
A tripling of student debt over the past decade to more than $1.3 trillion has unleashed a torrent of Washington lobbying from outside the education sector, with various industries describing a crisis requiring federal intervention.
Real-estate agents, farmers, architects, startup lenders, lawyers, tech companies, benefits administratorseven podiatristshave sent lobbyists to Capitol H…
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