Café Inquiry (Online) – Should Student Loan Debt Be Forgiven?

This event is held online. (Click the button to join the Zoom meeting.)

Student loan debt, which has grown dramatically over the last 10 years, is an economically
debilitating problem for many Americans. President Biden’s recent executive order and plan for
forgiving a significant portion of this debt has, unsurprisingly, generated quite a bit of controversy.
At the next Cafe Inquiry we will look at the plan and examine it’s expected costs and benefits. Here is a White House Briefing about the Student Loan Relief Plan. This brief article from the New York Times morning newsletter discusses the plan. If you are blocked from the NYT site, you can read the PDF version. This article from ProCon.org discusses some of the arguments for and against the loan forgiveness program. This site shows what college education costs in other countries.

Café Inquiry starts with a short introduction of the day’s topic, followed by casual discussion.

This event is free and open to the public. Donations appreciated, but not expected.

Attendees are able to future propose topics which would align with Michigan Humanist’s purpose: from atheism, agnosticism, humanism, secularism, and freethinking to broader subjects in science and humanities, such as religion, philosophy, social issues, politics, evolution, morality, ethics, and psychology.

Café Inquiry (Grand Rapids) meets each month on the second and fourth Sunday.

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Michigan Humanists values the participation of all guests — requests for reasonable accommodation may be made by contacting the event host at least three days prior to the event.

Michigan Humanists expects all guests to engage in respectful discussion. Critiques on views and claims based on merit are allowed, but not attacks on individuals who hold other perspectives.

Any person engaging in disruptive behavior or harassment will be asked to leave, and may be banned from future events pending the severity of the action. Please speak to the event host or contact info@michiganhumanists.org if you feel these expectations are being violated.