Is Forgiving Student Debt A Good Idea By Kayla Webley

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Everyone has their own opinions on different topics. Some arguments may be more clear than others, but they exist. Some debates on arguments should end, but people always find a way to argue the other side. For example the argument on student debt has been going for a long time. To many, student debt should be eliminated, which makes sense in order to improve our economy. Kayla Webley argues something different in her piece “Is Forgiving Student Loan Debt a Good Idea?”. When reading Webley’s piece she made me rethink my opinion behind student debt. By using her knowledge, logos, and pathos she was able to write a compelling piece. In a debate there is always an audience to watch. This also holds true to writers trying to get their message …show more content…

Webley to fight her side adds a lot of data in her piece. She introduce Robert Applebaum, the author of a piece she writing against, to take his argument apart. She states “Feeling shackled by an estimates $88,000 in student loan debt, Robert Applebaum started the petition in 2009…(Webley 130).” She does this to show her audience why Applebaum wants to eliminate student debt. Like I wrote above she comment that all student debt would equal about one trillion dollars. She starts to put doubt in people's minds about eliminating student debt. She wants people to know that the economy would be put in the bad situation. She then adds a part of Justin Wolfers’ blog to continue arguing her point on how much it would cost us. As Wolfers started on Freakonomics blog, “Someone who has $50,000 in debt forgiven is not likely to pump all those dollars back into the economy in a short amount of time. (Webley 130)” Her point is that if a student is struggling with debt they are not well off. So the burden would fall the taxpayers. Then she goes on to debunk the myth we hear and see on television or the internet. She states “As it turns out, the six-figure debts that we keep hearing about in the media are actually pretty unusual. (Webley 130)” She wants her reader to know that student debt is not as big as the media says. Webley says that less than one percent end up with a six figure digit. All this data shows that Webley has a

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