Buttigieg's High College Debt Draws Attention to Issue

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg knows firsthand the burden of six-figure student loan debt. He and his husband, Chasten, are far from alone, though, and their personal college indebtedness is helping to keep the issue on the national stage.    With loans totaling more than $130,000, they are among the 43 million people in the United States who owe federal student loan debt.    The debtors are so numerous and the total debt so high — more than $1.447...

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